[CPEO-MEF] CLEANUP: Ravenna Army Ammunition Plant (OH)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army seeks input on cleanup site

By Bob Downing
Akron Beacon Journal (OH)
December 9, 2008

The U.S. Army is seeking public comment on a newly completed 
environmental cleanup at the now-closed Ravenna Army Ammunition Plant.

More than 700 tons of contaminated soil were removed this year from the 
20-acre Central Burn Pits in the east-central portion of the 21,419-acre 
complex in Portage and Trumbull counties. A new report says no further 
cleanup is needed, said Army spokesman Mark Patterson.

The cleanup of metals, polychlorinated biphenyls, volatile organic 
compounds, explosives, propellants and pesticides was completed about 
three months ago, he said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.ohio.com/news/35784494.html

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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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