[CPEO-MEF] Talley Defense Systems (AZ) perchlorate

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Talley wants permit to burn more chemicals
Mesa contractor seeks permit to burn chemicals

By J. Craig Anderson
East Valley Tribune (AZ)
November 25, 2007


Talley Defense Systems, acquired in March by a Scandinavian consortium 
owned by the governments of Norway and Finland, wants the Arizona 
Department of Environmental Quality to grant a 10-year permit that would 
allow it to burn up to 60,000 pounds per year of experimental rocket 
propellant and other chemicals at a site northeast of Thomas and Higley 
roads.

The application for the hazardous-waste-treatment-facility permit stems 
from a list of requirements ordered by a Maricopa County Superior Court 
judge in 1989 after Talley was found to have caused excessive lead 
contamination in the soil. The company cleaned up the lead but has since 
detected a build-up of perchlorates - linked to thyroid problems in 
humans - in groundwater underneath the burn site, DEQ documents show.

The site is on state trust land leased by Talley, which produces rocket 
launchers, air crew ejector seats and other devices fueled by ammonium 
nitrate and ammonium perchlorate propellants.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/102712

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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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