[CPEO-MEF] Deep Creek (WA) rocket fuel site

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA continuing monitoring of Deep Creek contamination

Kjerstin Ramsing
KXLY TV-4 (Spokane, WA)
July 12, 2006

SPOKANE -- Rocket fuel from a former Cold War Army missile site 
continues to worry some families west of Reardan both for threats to 
their health as well as to their property values.

At a recent community meeting Deep Creek residents feared their 
properties would decrease in value because of the potential health risks 
from the chemicals TCE, NDMA and perchlorate found in some well water.

Those chemicals were associated with rocket fuel that was used on Cold 
War-era Nike Surface-to-Air Missiles that were based at the Fairchild 
Nike Battery 87 which was operated by the US Army between 1958 and 1966.


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For the entire story, see
http://www.kxly.com/news/?sect_rank=1&section_id=559&story_id=3590
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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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