[CPEO-MEF] FUDS, ASBESTOS: Klamath Falls (OR) marine barracks

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

EPA releases North Ridge asbestos report


By Emily Wood
KDRV TV-12 News (Medford, OR)
June 19, 2008


KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. -- The Environmental Protection Agency released a 
feasibility report this week describing a wide range of possible 
asbestos clean-up options for the North Ridge Estates site located about 
three miles north of Klamath Falls.


In the 1940's the U.S. Navy constructed a Marine Barracks on the land, 
and asbestos was used to build 80 buildings. In the 1970's those 
buildings were demolished, and the North Ridge Estates, a residential 
housing subdivision, was constructed. Since that time both the 
Department of Environmental Quality and the EPA have worked to 
completely remove the asbestos from the area.

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For the entire story, see
http://www.kdrv.com/article.aspx?id=41678


To read more about the EPA response, and to download site documents - 
including this report - go to
http://yosemite.epa.gov/r10/cleanup.nsf/b0067394308bf1a2882568ab007ca6d7/6d3ab7def32c248a88256d3a007e7f53!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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