[CPEO-MEF] Otis (MA) ethylene dibromide plume

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Chemical treatment to expand

By AMANDA LEHMERT
Cape Cod Times (MA)
September 21, 2006

EAST FALMOUTH - Air Force officials plan to expand an East Falmouth 
groundwater treatment system to capture a previously undetected portion 
of an ethylene dibromide plume.

The Air Force started pumping and cleaning a plume of ethylene 
dibromide, or EDB, flowing in the aquifer under the Hatchville-area in 1997.

The toxic chemical, an aviation fuel additive, was traced back to 
activity at Otis Air National Guard Base, an Air Force base until the 
1970s. In an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency, a 
portion of the plume was allowed to escape and was expected to naturally 
dissipate below levels that would be a health concern.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/chemicalexpand21.htm

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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
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