[CPEO-MEF] Point Loma Naval Base (CA) fuel plume

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Naval base has contained fuel plume, commander says

By Steve Liewer
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE (CA)
December 8, 2006

Navy officials believe they've found the outer edge of a 1.5 
million-gallon fuel plume beneath Point Loma Naval Base.

Five of six test wells dug in September along Rosecrans Street outside 
the base's north gate showed no sign of fuel contamination, Capt. Mark 
Patton, the base commander, said yesterday evening during a meeting with 
members of the adjacent La Playa community.

A sixth well, a few feet from the base's fence, showed small amounts of 
fuel, Patton said. But he remained optimistic.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20061208-9999-7m8plume.html

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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>
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