[CPEO-MEF] NL Industries, Colonie, NY

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

$190M turns toxic site into field
Army Corps of Engineers says removal of tainted soil from NL Industries 
plant is complete

By JORDAN CARLEO-EVANGELIST
Albany Times-Union
September 20, 2007

COLONIE -- After more than two decades and $190 million, the federal 
government says its cleanup of soil tainted with uranium and lead at the 
former NL Industries munitions plant on Central Avenue is complete.

This month, the last trainload of contaminated dirt was hauled out, 
ending major work in the colossal cleanup that began in 1984, when state 
regulators shuttered the facility for spewing radioactive metal dust.

"It's big," said James Moore, who oversaw the project for the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers. "This is the point where everyone wants to be. We're 
crossing the finish on a really big milestone."

The end comes as scientists continue to probe what, if any, measurable 
effects the pollution had on nearby neighborhoods. A number of current 
and former residents and people who worked at the plant blame the 
contamination for illnesses that afflicted them and their families.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=623412&category=REGION&newsdate=9/20/2007

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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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