[CPEO-MEF] FUDS: Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Watertown seeks more tests on tainted site

By Christina Pazzanese
Boston Globe (MA)
November 9, 2008

The Watertown Conservation Commission plans to push the US Army Corps of 
Engineers to conduct broader testing of environmental pollutants found 
on a piece of former Department of Defense property.

The commission met Wednesday to discuss the recent findings of a study 
done by consultants working for the US Army Corps of Engineers to 
measure PCB contamination on a nearly 12-acre parcel at Arsenal Street 
and Greenough Boulevard. The land is known as the General Services 
Administration property.

The report, by Atlanta-based engineering and environmental consulting 
firm MACTEC Inc., was presented on Oct. 28, and detailed PCB 
contamination levels significantly higher than in previous studies. The 
study was done in preparation for a transfer of the land from the 
federal government to the state's Department of Conservation and Recreation.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/11/09/watertown_seeks_more_tests_on_tainted_site/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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