2006 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 11 Oct 2006 22:54:40 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Raritan Arsenal (NJ) RAB
 
Work on arsenal site could take 5 to 10 years
EWA prez says advisory board doesn't represent entire community

BY JAY BODAS
Woodbridge Sentinel (NJ)
October 11, 2006

EDISON - It's unlikely any of the buried ordnance on the old Raritan Arsenal property will pose any danger to the public, a federal official said recently.

"There has never been an occurrence of anything happening at Raritan," James Moore, a project manager for the Army Corps of Engineers, said recently. "It is rare that we find stuff that is live, very rare. Also, a lot of the area has been in large part developed, and so where the public would walk is safe."

Moore made the comments after an Oct. 3 public meeting of the Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) to discuss cleanup progress at the former arsenal site. The RAB is a joint undertaking by the federal Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Defense. The Army Corps of Engineers is monitoring the cleanup work.


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For the entire article, see
http://ws.gmnews.com/news/2006/1011/Front_Page/033.html

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