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

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Just to clarify:

The newly discovered TCE contamination at Ft. Ord is an extension of a
known plume, not a new plume. For more on the site, see
http://www.fortordcleanup.com/docreview/ar_pdfs/AR-OU1-518/OU1-518_text.pdf

LS

Lenny Siegel wrote:
> 
> [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
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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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