[CPEO-MEF] Starmet DU site, Concord (MA

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

EPA to lead cleanup in Concord

By Jennifer Fenn Lefferts
Boston Globe (MA)
January 24, 2008

The US Environmental Protection Agency again will lead an effort to 
remove hazardous materials from a Concord manufacturing facility that 
has a long history of contamination.

Contractors hired by the EPA next month will begin removing containers 
of improperly stored hazardous chemicals from the Starmet Corp. facility 
on Main Street. Concord Fire Chief Kenneth Willette said the chemicals, 
some of which are unidentified and have been in the facility for more 
than five years, pose a fire hazard and risk of explosion.

"A wastebasket fire that spread could start a chain reaction and cause 
the release of a chemical we aren't expecting," Willette said. "One 
could also spill into another and create a fire. This will eliminate 
that potential."



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For the entire article, see
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/01/24/epa_to_lead_cleanup_in_concord/

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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
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