[CPEO-MEF] Moffett Field's (CA)Hangar One

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hangar 'out of options'

By Andrew F. Hamm 
SILICON VALLEY/SAN JOSE BUSINESS JOURNAL (CA)
MSNBC
May 15, 2005

A lack of funding options has the Navy again contemplating knocking down
the historic, but chemically-contaminated, Hangar One at Moffett Field. 

A $3 million paint job in 2003 to trap toxic PCB on the outside of the
building, preventing contamination of underground aquifers and the Bay,
is starting to wear thin. Repeatedly repainting the 308-foot-wide,
1,138-foot-long structure is not a good long-term solution, says Rick
Weissenborn, lead remedial project manager for the Hangar One site and
its immediate surroundings. But the Navy isn't sure what else would
work. 

"The worst-case situation is to tear it down," he says. "The Navy has
agreed to seek public input to see what our options are on this." 

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For the entire article, see
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7869065/

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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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