[CPEO-MEF] CLOSURE: Ft. Monmouth (NJ) cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Boro seeks review of cleanup at fort
Eatontown officials say remediation effort may be inadequate

BY DANIEL HOWLEY
Atlanticville (NJ)
March 5, 2009

A professional engineering firm could be called on to review what some 
Eatontown officials are saying is an "inadequate" remediation effort of 
contaminated sites at Fort Monmouth.

Borough Council President John Schiels raised concerns at the Feb. 26 
council meeting about a proposed 8-inch clay cap that Army officials are 
planning to install over contaminated sites on the fort property.

"My concern is that they are containing this and not cleaning it up," 
Schiels said at the meeting. "They are only calling for an 8-inch cap, 
and I don't think that's adequate." Schiels said that he learned of the 
Army's cleanup plan while attending a meeting of the borough's 
environmental commission. He explained that he feels the 8-inch clay cap 
may not be enough to protect the area, should the covering wash away 
during torrential rain storms.

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For the entire article, see
http://atlanticville.gmnews.com/news/2009/0305/front_page/002.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
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