[CPEO-MEF] Picatinny Arsenal (NJ) cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Picatinny to clean up contaminants

Arsenal to fix landfills, testing ranges, ground water

BY MICHAEL DAIGLE
PARSIPPANY DAILY RECORD (NJ)
November 6, 2006

ROCKAWAY TWP. --Picatinny Arsenal has agreed to cleanup plans for eight 
contaminated areas, according to the third five-year review of efforts 
to reverse the damaging effects of a century of military-industrial 
activity.

The eight sites are covered under five "records of agreement" signed in 
the past three years by Picatinny. The sites include old landfills, 
testing ranges, ground water and industrial sites.

Picatinny has 160 recognized contaminated sites, according to the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, which in 1990 listed Picatinny on its 
Superfund list. The decision followed about 15 years of investigation by 
the Army, which operates Picatinny, the EPA and the state Department of 
Environmental Protection.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061106/COMMUNITIES43/611060337/1203/NEWS01

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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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