[CPEO-MEF] Parris Island Marine Corps Recruit Depot (SC)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Recruit depot to clean contamination

By GEOFF ZIEZULEWICZ
The Beaufort Gazette (SC)
September 3, 2005


While Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island is well known as the
place where Marines are made, a less desirable legacy has also arisen on
its sprawling acreage.

Garbage piles can be found on nearby Jericho Island. Lead, arsenic and
other chemicals accumulated throughout the years have contaminated the
soil at some sites. There are also concerns involving possible
contamination near water sources. 

Most contamination -- from chemical spills, leaks and other practices --
occurred decades ago, when environmental considerations weren't as
prominent and legislation banning such practices was rare, depot
scientist Tim Harrington said. Some of the contaminated property wasn't
owned by the Navy when the pollution happened.

But these remnants from the past have resulted in site studies at more
than 40 sites on Parris Island and the surrounding Navy-owned property.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.beaufortgazette.com/local_news/story/5151459p-4685888c.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>
http://www.cpeo.org
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