[CPEO-MEF] Massachusetts Military Reservation partial deletion

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

U.S. EPA Region 1
News Release
August 1, 2007

Portions of the Massachusetts Military Reservation May be Removed from 
EPA's Superfund List

(Boston, Mass. - Aug. 1, 2007) - EPA is proposing to delete 61 
individual sites from the overall Otis Air National Guard Base/Camp 
Edwards Superfund Site on Cape Cod, Mass., also known as the 
Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR).

EPA is proposing to remove the sites from the Superfund list under the 
"Partial Deletion Rule" because all appropriate investigations and, 
where necessary, cleanup actions have been completed, and the sites are 
no longer a threat to human health and the environment. The decision to 
de-list these selected sites is subject to a 30-day public comment 
period before becoming final.

This partial deletion affects only the surface area of these 61 sites, 
which were investigated and cleaned for soil contamination. The partial 
deletion does not affect any of the groundwater plumes associated with 
Otis Air National Guard Base/Camp Edwards Superfund Site, nor does it 
include any areas on the site that are currently being investigated and 
cleaned by the Department of the Army in response to EPA's 
Administrative Orders to address contamination related to military 
training in the Impact Area and Training Ranges.

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For the entire press release and links, go to
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/7fb5e50ec8e763f0852573290073ab44?OpenDocument
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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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