[CPEO-MEF] Fuel-contaminated soil from Langley Air Force Base (VA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

A POQUOSON PARK CLOSES AFTER TESTS SHOW JET FUEL IN SOIL

A field of questions
An official with the state Department of Environmental Quality 
criticizes Poquoson's response.

BY MATT SABO
Hampton Roads Daily Press (VA)
February 9 2006

POQUOSON -- Soil contaminated with jet fuel was hauled from Langley Air 
Force Base to a city park in June, and now state Department of 
Environmental Quality officials are investigating.

Last week, a city employee shut and locked the entrance gate to South 
Lawson Park, after results of a June soil test began circulating around 
town. The results prompted citizens to complain to city officials that 
residents were being exposed to potentially harmful fumes.

A DEQ official blasted the city's belated response. The department found 
out about the contamination last week, after a citizen filed a complaint.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-68742sy0feb09,0,5541328.story?track=mostemailedlink

--
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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