[CPEO-MEF] Moses Lake/former Larson AFB (WA) cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Press Release
U.S. EPA Region 10
January 7, 2007


$31 million Plan Proposed to Clean Up Groundwater at Moses Lake, Washington


(Moses Lake, Wash. - Jan. 7, 2008) A comprehensive cleanup plan for the 
trichloroethylene (TCE)-contaminated groundwater at the Moses Lake 
Wellfield Contamination Superfund site has been issued for public review 
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The site is located 
just north of Moses Lake and includes the Grant County Airport, the 
former Larson Air Force Base, and areas south of the airport.

“This cleanup plan takes steps that will protect human health and the 
environment and restore groundwater quality,” said Lori Cohen, EPA’s 
Associate Director of the Office of Environmental Cleanup.

The groundwater and soils at the site were contaminated with 
trichloroethylene (TCE) and other hazardous substances by operations of 
the former base and industrial activities associated with the aircraft 
industry. Approximately 1000 acres of groundwater are contaminated with 
TCE above health based standards and several contaminated soil waste 
areas are scattered throughout the site. The proposed cleanup is 
expected to cost about $31 million. TCE is an industrial solvent that 
was commonly used at this site for stripping paint from airplanes, 
washing airplane parts, and cleaning missile components.


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For the entire press release, see
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/3bb4f096a7b3cfc5852573c900691bc9?OpenDocument

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org



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