[CPEO-MEF] PCBs halt Ft. Wainwright (AK) housing project

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

PCBs halt housing project 

By R.A. DILLON 
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (AK)
September 1, 2005 

Construction of a $55 million housing development on Fort Wainwright
Army Post was halted Tuesday after the site was found to be
contaminated. 

Army officials cleared the 54-acre Taku Garden housing project of
construction workers after soil testing revealed the presence of the
cancer-causing chemical compound, PCB. 

Bob Hall, spokesman for the U.S. Army's Alaska garrison, said the level
of PCB contamination in the area varied, but that some soil samples
showed "extremely high" levels--as high as 115,000 parts per million. 

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For the entire article, see
http://www.news-miner.com/Stories/0,1413,113~7244~3036043,00.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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