[CPEO-MEF] Former Proving Grounds, Oceanside Village, Massachusetts

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Neighbors continue push for Proving Grounds cleanup

By Jillian Fennimore
Scituate Mariner (MA)
July 20, 2006

Two members of a grassroots organization known as the Proving Grounds 
Group were given 15 minutes each to voice their concerns during this 
week's Oceanside Village hearing, and they used every single second 
available.

Christine Loeb and Veronica Kent made a plea at Monday’s hearing to 
continue environmental testing of the 55-acre site on Hatherly and 
Tilden Roads, and ease concerns of contamination during development of 
the proposed condominium and townhouse units.

Local residents in the neighboring Wampatuck school district raised 
concerns after learning about the past uses of the site for weapons 
testing and storage for the U.S. Army during WWII. Those concerns lead 
to a series of educational meetings to get the abutters up to speed on 
the property and what would be done to clean it up before developing the 
site.

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For the entire article, see
http://www2.townonline.com/scituate/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=540084

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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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