[CPEO-MEF] EPA recommends Klamath Falls (OR) relocation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA recommends big relocation in asbestos-contaminated subdivision 

Associated Press 
KGW (OR)
April 28, 2005

A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency manager is recommending that
about 25 families with homes in an asbestos-contaminated Klamath Falls
subdivision be relocated to new homes. 

If the EPA acts on the recommendation, it would be the largest
relocation it has undertaken in the Pacific Northwest. 

Assuming that EPA supervisors approve the plan, the relocation could
begin before summer, said Dan Heister, who worked as the EPA's on-scene
coordinator for the North Ridge Estates subdivision. The asbestos
contamination resulted from demolition of buildings in the World War
II-era marine barracks at the site. 

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For the entire article, see
http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D89O8OBG0.html

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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