[CPEO-MEF] Tucson Airport (AZ) TCE treatment

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Airport to build treatment plant
Second facility will help remove TCE from water

By Ken Sweet
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
July 12, 2006

In the last chapter in a decades-long story, Tucson International 
Airport will begin building a second treatment plant to remove toxic 
chemicals from an unused groundwater source at the airport.

The Tucson Airport Authority board on Tuesday voted Tuesday to award the 
Ashton Co. a $3.5 million contract to construct the cleanup facility on 
the west ramp of the airport. This is the last portion of land needing 
to be treated, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

The plant, which will be designed to remove chemicals like 
trichloroethylene, or TCE, is scheduled to begin operations in early 
2007, according to TAA spokeswoman Paula Winn.

...

The chemical was found to be the responsibility of several Air Force 
contractors who worked on the land from 1940-1970, Winn said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.azstarnet.com/business/137500
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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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