[CPEO-MEF] Ravenna Ammo Plant (OH) cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Arsenal cleanup plan expanded

By Bob Downing
Akron Beacon Journal (OH)
May 25, 2005

Six more contaminated sites at the now-closed Ravenna Army Ammunition 
Plant are slated to be cleaned up in 2007.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $2.4 million contract to 
Virginia-based Science Applications International Corp. to expand the 
environmental cleanup of the 21,419-acre complex in eastern Portage and 
western Trumbull counties.

The new work will deal only with contaminated soils, but the six areas 
are not expected to have a major impact on ground or surface water, 
according to company spokeswoman Laura Obloy.

The cleanup is being managed by the Army and supervised by the Ohio 
Environmental Protection Agency.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/11732319.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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