[CPEO-MEF] "New" Ft. Ord (CA) plume

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[This significance of the discovery of a new TCE plume at Ft. Ord goes
well beyond the impact on the proposed development and the potential
risks to public health. It points out, once again, either how difficult
it is to characterize fully contamination at major military bases or how
poorly current characterization practices are. The same thing happened
at Moffett Field. After years of facility-wide investigations, a new
plume of volatile organic compounds was found. This bodes ill for armed
service plans to shift cleanup responsibility to private entities,
particularly for the upcoming round of base closures. Private parties
and their insurance companies will be unwilling to accept property where
new toxic plumes might be discovered, or they will make more financial
demands to protect against the risk. - LS]



Toxic plume threatens project

By SUKHJIT PUREWAL
Monterey Herald (CA)
April 7, 2005

>From the outset, the Marina Station mixed-use development on Armstrong
Ranch has appeared more promising than the lineup of new developments
proposed at Fort Ord.

The 320-acre site acquired from the Armstrong family came with water
rights, giving it a headstart over University Villages, and it didn't
face environmental issues of the type that have delayed Marina Heights.

But the Marina Station project, proposed for the north and east edges of
the city along Del Monte Boulevard, now seems to be facing a potentially
more serious threat. A toxic groundwater plume has been discovered in
shallow test wells at the border between Armstrong Ranch and Fort Ord.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/local/11333736.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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