[CPEO-MEF] Atlantic Wood site, Portsmouth, Virginia

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Atlantic Wood cleanup may cost $45 million

By JANIE BRYANT, The Virginian-Pilot
July 24, 2007

PORTSMOUTH

Atlantic Wood Industries was hailed as a sign of industrial growth in 
the city when it began operating on the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth 
River in 1926.

Today, the Environmental Protection Agency estimates that it will cost 
$45 million to clean up the Superfund site that served as a 
wood-treating plant until 1992.

The 48-acre property, west of the Jordan Bridge, was heavily 
contaminated with the creosote and pentachlorophenol used to preserve wood.

...

During the design process, agency officials discovered that "the 
contamination was a lot worse and had a wider variety of contaminants," 
Sturgeon said.

Some of the property was polluted when the Navy leased it during World 
War II, Sturgeon said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=128975&ran=120814

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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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