[CPEO-MEF] Lockheed's Tallevast (FL) cleanup plan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

March of 2009 date for cleanup

By DONNA WRIGHT
Bradenton Herald (FL)
May 8, 2007

Lockheed Martin Corp. by March of 2009 plans to have a system of 
extraction wells and trenches in place to clean up the Tallevast plume, 
according to a proposal submitted to the Florida Department of 
Environmental Protection.

Lockheed has estimated it could take 20 years or more to clean up the 
toxic chemical spill that has contaminated more than 200 acres beneath 
the historic community.

The pollution has been traced back to the former Loral American 
Beryllium Co. plant at 1600 Tallevast Road.

Lockheed is responsible for the cleanup because the spill was discovered 
during its ownership of the plant in 2000.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.bradenton.com/504/story/42626.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>
http://www.cpeo.org


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