[CPEO-MEF] Connecticut - Sub Base still needs cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DEP Cites Need To Continue Cleanup Work At Sub Base

By JUDY BENSON
New London Day (CT)
August 25, 2005

Groton - At the state Department of Environmental Protection, hearing
?the best possible news? about the Naval Submarine Base won't end the
agency's interest in the 687-acre property. 

?The best possible news today is that the sub base will remain open,?
said Dennis Schain, spokesman for the DEP. ?But the BRAC process did
bring to light several environmental issues at the base, and we do need
to move forward to address them ... ? 

The state will press for a speedier timeline for remaining cleanup of
contaminated soils and groundwater and other pollutants at the base than
the Navy has been following, Schain added. The Navy plans to complete
the cleanup of Superfund sites on the base over the next six years. 

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.theday.com/eng/web/news/re.aspx?re=B059A4B9-5A16-4FB1-BA70-A410F873428E

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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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