From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Sat, 6 Sep 2008 08:08:22 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] CLEANUP: Bellows Air Force Station (HI) |
Removal of Bellows landfill kicks off Industrial waste, glass, other hazards buried at site inside beach park By Eloise Aguiar Honolulu Advertiser (HI) September 6, 2008WAIMANALO - A landfill that has been decaying for 60 years on the shores of Bellows Air Force Station will be removed thanks to a joint military and community effort. The Air Force will excavate approximately 5,000 cubic yards of waste and debris and in its place restore pristine beach that both the military and the community can use. The one-acre parcel has been off-limits for four years while the military determined what to do there. It was slated for no-action, but the local community with the support of its congresswoman changed that. People were appalled that scrap metal, glass, industrial waste and cans were buried two feet under the surface next to a sandy beach and the ocean, U.S. Rep. Mazie Hirono said at a blessing ceremony to kick off the project yesterday. ... For the entire article, see http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080906/NEWS01/809060320/1001/LOCALNEWSFRONT -- 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 _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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