[CPEO-MEF] Southern Hanover (MA) fireworks site

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Risk management: Consultant discusses contaminants, clean up options at 
Fireworks Site

By Matt Dunning
Hanover Mariner (MA)
November 30, 2005

Representatives from Tetra Tech and the Massachusetts Department of 
Environmental Protection were on hand at Town Hall Monday night, 
fielding questions from Hanover and Hanson residents about the Fireworks 
Site in Southern Hanover.

Earlier this month, Tetra Tech, the consulting and engineering company 
hired to evaluate the Fireworks site, submitted their Phase II 
Comprehensive Site Assessment Report to the DEP after years of 
diagnostic tests and surveys.

The report revealed significant risks to site users as well as wildlife, 
primarily due to unsafe concentrations of mercury, lead, and antimony 
found in the soil and sediments on the property. Particularly at risk 
are fish and wildlife populations in the northern part of the site known 
as the Eastern Channel Corridor. There has been a fish advisory in place 
since 1995 warning fisherman not to eat fish caught in the site's ponds 
and rivers.

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For the entire article, see
http://www2.townonline.com/hanover/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=377847

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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
http://www.cpeo.org

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