[CPEO-MEF] Ft. Meade (MD) housing evacuation - methane

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army evacuates 20 Meade families

Explosion risk leaves 20 townhomes empty near buried ex-dump

By Phillip McGowan
Baltimore Sun
January 13, 2006

Fearing an explosion of methane gas, the Army has evacuated a dozen
families from homes built near a buried former landfill at Fort Meade, a
move that critics said wouldn't have been necessary had the Army post's
private housing developer stopped building when it uncovered the site
three years ago.

Col. Kenneth O. McCreedy, commander of the western Anne Arundel County
post, has ordered that a cluster of 20 townhouses, including those
occupied by the 12 families, stay unoccupied as environmental regulators
assess the risk.

"My commitment to fix this problem [and ensure] the safety of the
residents of Fort Meade are paramount," McCreedy said.

Federal and Army regulators say the World War II-era dump, which is
buried under 15 feet of earth and is the apparent source of the methane,
may have to be dug up and cleaned out.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-md.ar.meade13jan13,1,1385685.story?coll=bal-local-arundel

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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