[CPEO-MEF] Gruber's Grove, Badger Army Ammunition Plant (WI)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Gruber's Grove cleanup complete

By Brian Bridgeford
Baraboo News Republic (WI)
December 2, 2006


TOWN OF MERRIMAC — State environmental regulators and the Army's 
representative at the Badger Army Ammunition Plant announced success 
this week after removing 60,000 cubic feet of sediment contaminated with 
heavy metals from Gruber's Grove Bay on Lake Wisconsin.

Local environmental advocate Laura Olah is grateful the work is done, 
but is concerned mercury contamination could extend beyond the bay. 
Also, the dredging should have been completed when it was first started 
in 2001, she said.

The new dredging effort began in July and was completed in early 
November, said Hank Kuehling, the project manager for the Department of 
Natural Resources. It removed 60,000 cubic feet of sediment compared to 
90,000 feet dredged up in 2001.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.wiscnews.com/bnr/news/109475

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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
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