[CPEO-MEF] Letterkenny Army Depot (PA)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

25-year depot cleanup hits milestone

By JIM HOOK
Chambersburg Public Opinion (PA)
November 23, 2007

Studies outlining the environmental cleanup of Letterkenny Army Depot 
are winding down after more than 25 years.

The Army has awarded an $18.6 million contract to Weston Solutions to 
install all remaining cleanup remedies by June 2010. The 
performance-based contract is expected to save time and money without 
sacrificing the quality of the cleanup, according to Army officials.

"I am pleased Weston got it," said DeEtta Antoun, citizen member of a 
local board that reviews the Letterkenny cleanup. "They understand the 
conditions at Letterkenny. The company has been performing the (cleanup) 
service for years."

The Army has spent $118 million studying and cleaning up tainted soils 
and groundwater at the depot north of Chambersburg since 1982. The Army 
and its tenants has been one of the largest employers in Franklin County 
since its inception during World War II. Vehicle repair was 
Letterkenny's bread-and-butter for decades.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.publicopiniononline.com/localnews/ci_7536696#

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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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