2006 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 16 Jun 2006 01:04:28 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] National Lead, Colonie, NY
 
Funding shortfall alters soil cleanup
Army Corps of Engineers expects radioactive dirt excavated at former National Lead plant will have to remain on site until more money is found


By JORDAN CARLEO-EVANGELIST
Albany Times-Union
June 15, 2006

COLONIE -- The discovery this spring of more radioactive soil beneath a defunct Central Avenue munitions plant has created a funding gap that will force federal officials to keep the soil on site until money becomes available to ship it away.

The result is that a plan neighbors once fought, long-term storage of contaminated soil on site, likely will become reality at least until officials come up with more money.


The Army Corps of Engineers, the agency leading the cleanup of the former National Lead Industries plant, plans to meet with state environmental officials and other stakeholders Monday to brief them on a new plan, said James Moore, the project manager.


In part because neighbors opposed long-term storage of the uranium-contaminated soil on the 11.2-acre site just west of the Albany city line, the Army Corps amended the plan it had inherited from the Department of Energy.

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For the entire article, see
http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=491722&category=REGIONOTHER&BCCode=&newsdate=6/15/2006
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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> http://www.cpeo.org


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