[CPEO-MEF] Ashumet Valley plume, Otis Air Base (MA)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Falmouth officials weigh plume cleanup options

By Amanda Lehmert
Cape Cod Times (MA)
July 26, 2007

FALMOUTH - Environmental regulators want to clean it. The Air Force 
wants it to slowly drift away.

And Falmouth leaders want more information.

The months of debate over what to do with the southernmost portion of 
the Ashumet Valley toxic solvent plume hit another snag yesterday, as 
Falmouth officials said they wanted to know how different treatment 
options would affect their plans to possibly use the town-owned golf 
course to inject treated wastewater back into the ground.

Town officials are concerned that, after months of considering the best 
treatment options for the underground solvent plume, their wastewater 
planning efforts had not been considered by the Air Force or U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency officials.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070726/NEWS/707260347/-1/NEWSLETTER02

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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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