[CPEO-MEF] Sierra Army Depot (CA) groundwater cleanup plan

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Groundwater cleanup plan proposed for SIAD, Herlong


Lassen County News 9CA)
October 2, 2007

Oct. 2, 2007 — To battle contamination in ground water at Sierra Army 
Depot, plans are in the works to add 16 new wells to three existing 
wells that use molasses to consume the contaminants.

The SIAD Restoration Advisory Board submitted a plan for the cleanup of 
contaminated ground water at the abandoned landfill and southern sites 
areas located at the southern portion of the depot.

The plan was submitted for public comment and discussed at length at the 
board’s regular meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 26.

RAB co-chairman Susan Holliday moderated the meeting, which she said was 
primarily to inform the board of the current cleanup process.

The abandoned landfill, approximately 103 acres in size, was originally 
used as SIAD’s main disposal area for household wastes from the 1940’s 
to the 1960’s. The southern sites area’s purpose used to be for chemical 
and fuel storage, as well as fuel dispensing. It was also used for 
vehicle maintenance and cleaning. Until 1989, the southern sites area 
also had underground storage tanks containing chemicals such as 
solvents, fuels and waste oil.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.lassennews.com/News_Story.edi?sid=4263&mode=thread&order=0

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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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