[CPEO-MEF] CLEANUP: Concord Naval Weapons Station (CA) truck routes

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Navy re-evaluating truck routes through county in light of community outcry

By Tanya Rose
Contra Costa Times (CA)
June 16, 2008

CONCORD - More than 100 dump trucks could snake through Contra Costa 
County daily starting in July, carrying loads of dirt to the shuttered 
Concord Naval Weapons Station, where it will be used to cover a 
hazardous landfill.

Navy officials plan to transport around 9,000 truckloads of dirt 
starting July 23 to cap a 13-acre landfill on the tidal portion of the 
base, and are asking residents to come to a June 25 meeting to discuss 
details.

While there seems to be little worry in the community over the landfill 
project itself, some are concerned about the daily truck traffic in the 
course of over two months. The landfill contains weapons debris.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_9599583?nclick_check=1

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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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