[CPEO-MEF] National Lead, Colonie, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Agency forecasts cleanup stoppage
Corps of Engineers moves to allay concerns about removal of soil from 
National Lead site

By JORDAN CARLEO-EVANGELIST
Albany Times Union
June 20, 2006

COLONIE -- Federal money for removing tons of radioactive dirt from the 
site of a defunct Central Avenue munitions plant could be exhausted by 
December, after which work there will halt temporarily, officials said 
Monday.

Nevertheless, the Army Corps of Engineers vowed to finish the job at the 
former National Lead plant, even if it cannot say when.

The project's manager briefed state and town officials Monday on a new 
plan to do as much work as possible in the coming months before the site 
is effectively shut down until more money is available.

Crews already have stopped shipping soil off the site on rail cars, and 
are preparing it for long-term storage on a cement pad.

Meanwhile, town officials and activists sought assurances that the 
storage will not be permanent and will be done safely.

...

For the entire article, see
http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=493053&category=ALBANY&BCCode=&newsdate=6/20/2006
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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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