[CPEO-MEF] Point Loma Navy Base (CA) fuel leak

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Wells will give La Playa residents answer on fuel leak

By Steve Liewer
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE C A)
July 7, 2006

Residents of Point Loma's La Playa neighborhood may soon know whether a 
massive pool of leaked fuel has seeped across the northern property line 
of the Point Loma Naval Base and under their historic bayview homes.

A Navy contractor began digging two 50-foot-deep monitoring wells just 
outside the northern gate of the base last week, Capt. Mark Patton, the 
facility's commander, said at a town hall meeting Thursday night.

Workers are expected to be finished next week and will reveal whether 
fuel is present within a few weeks.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20060707-0633-bn07plume.html


see also

Fuel leak work to cost $10 million more

Problem is tanks at Point Loma Naval Base

By Steve Liewer
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE (CA)
July 6, 2006

The Navy has boosted by $10 million the expected price tag for replacing 
storage tanks that are believed to have leaked more than 1 million 
gallons of fuel beneath the Point Loma Naval Base, the facility's 
commander said yesterday.

Navy officials will use the additional money for high-tech clean-up 
efforts at Rosecrans Street near the base's entrance, said Capt. Mark 
Patton, the base commander.

Patton will give an update on the fuel plume during a town hall forum at 
7 tonight in the La Playa neighborhood.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20060706-9999-7m6spill.html
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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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