[CPEO-MEF] Galbraith Field, Easthampton (MA) fireworks

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Work to proceed at Galbraith Field

By DAVID BERGENGREN
Springfield Republican (MA)
March 1, 2006

EASTHAMPTON - Local health officials gave the go-ahead yesterday for 
construction work to begin at Galbraith Field and opened up the 
possibility the Kiwanis Club's annual Fourth of July fireworks 
extravaganza could continue to be held there.

In a Feb. 28 letter to the Williston Northampton School, which owns the 
field, the Board of Health and Board of Public Works lifted an Oct. 8 
stop work order on the school's plans to move an outdoor track and build 
tennis courts there. The order was issued after tests on soil, sediment 
and water revealed the presence of small amounts of perchlorate, a 
potential drinking water hazard.

Yesterday's green light was given after health agent Dennis R. Lacourse 
received a Feb. 27 letter from the state Department of Environmental 
Protection containing the opinion that perchlorate found at the site 
poses no "immediate or substantial threat" to the city's drinking water. 
"We're glad that it's all turning out OK," Lacourse said. "The 
contamination that's there now doesn't appear to be a threat to the 
town's water supply, but certainly it's something that we're going to be 
paying attention to in the future."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.masslive.com/hampfrank/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1141203479296670.xml&coll=1
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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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