[CPEO-MEF] Newport Navy bases (RI)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cleanup of naval sites is a work in progress

By Meaghan Wims
Newport Daily News (RI)
September 23, 2006

From the vantage point of a tour boat on a crisp evening, the western 
shore of Aquidneck Island looks healthy, albeit rugged in many spots.

But underneath much of the Navy-owned property lies remnants of 
petroleum, trash, paint, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other 
contaminants disposed of from as long ago as the 1940s.

Cleanup of 19 sites on 1,063 acres from Coasters Harbor Island to 
Melville, the area formerly known as the Naval Education and Training 
Center, began in earnest five years ago under guidance from the federal 
Environmental Protection Agency and the state's Department of 
Environmental Management. But the entire cleanup could take at least 
another nine years and cost at least $40 million.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.newportdailynews.com/articles/2006/09/23/news/news1.txt

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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>
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