[CPEO-MEF] Uniontown (OH) dump

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Uniontown dump raises concerns
Group finds evidence of radiation issues, fears ground water contamination

By Bob Downing
Akron Beacon Journal (OH)
May 24, 2006

UNIONTOWN - A grass-roots group, still troubled by the possibility of 
man-made radiation in a now-closed toxic waste dump, wants two federal 
agencies to get involved.

The Concerned Citizens of Lake Township is urging the U.S. Department of 
Energy and the U.S. Defense Department to oversee the 30-acre Industrial 
Excess Landfill off Cleveland Avenue Northwest, said spokeswoman Chris 
Borello.

She said those agencies should assume control of the site from the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency because of their expertise in radiation 
issues.

She also said that more needs to be done to control contaminated ground 
water in and around Uniontown.

Contamination is continuing to be flushed from the one-time sand and 
gravel pit into the ground water and there are still serious radiation 
issues, Borello told 60 people attending a public forum on Tuesday night.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/14653968.htm
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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>
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