[CPEO-MEF] IEL landfill (OH) and Army wastes

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Do Lake trustees think putting smiley face on landfill will make tons of 
toxins vanish?

Letter by CHRIS BORELLO
Canton Repository (OH)
November 25, 2006


Regarding "EPA review indicates IEL site getting cleaner" (Nov. 17): So, 
the U.S. EPA, in its five-year review of the Industrial Excess Landfill 
Superfund Site, relying upon polluter-generated data, has once again 
declared the noncleanup of allowing rainfall to flush the toxic waste 
into the area's aquifer to be working - just nine chemicals found, with 
only three toxins exceeding the federal drinking water limits. Golly, 
could it be that the list of chemicals has been reduced because key 
wells have been sealed that previously showed the most contamination, 
including radiation?

Once again, the Lake Township trustees put a smiley face on the dump 
with Ellis Erb's declaration, "I'm happy it's about over." What's over? 
Is Mr. Erb suggesting the thousands of tons of toxins have vanished, or 
the canisters that were buried by the Army have been secretly removed? 
Is he "happy" if the toxins are being carried away from the site in the 
rapid groundwater movement to possibly become someone else's problem?

...

For the entire letter, see
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=321242&Category=7

For the earlier article, see
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=319746&Category=9&fromSearch=yes&subCategoryID=0

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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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