[CPEO-MEF] Gulfport Seabee Center (MS) dioxin cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy base contamination cleanup ongoing

By MIKE KELLER
Biloxi Sun-Herald
November 15, 2006

GULFPORT - Naval Construction Battalion Center environmental managers 
said Tuesday they are working on a plan to excavate dioxin-contaminated 
soil recently found west of Canal Road and are finishing one part of the 
major cleanup.

They also are trying to figure out how to clean two contaminated areas 
under the base's golf course, but did not have concrete end dates for 
the projects.

"As a taxpayer, you would like to see an end to this ongoing cleanup, 
but we would also like to see an end to these defects in our environment 
that needs to be corrected," said David Marshall, a civilian member of 
the community advisory board. "They're making good progress."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/news/special_packages/renewal/long_beach/16015081.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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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