[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, COMMUNITY: Ft. Devens' (MA) remaining cleanups

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Just two items remain on Devens toxic cleanup list

By M.E. Jones
Nashoba Publishing (MA)
March 27, 2009

AYER -- Sweeping out the toxic aftermath from nearly a century of 
military activity is no small task, as evidenced by the ongoing cleanup 
effort at the former Fort Devens.

More than 350 areas of concern (AOCs) were identified after the base 
closed in 1994. Now, by the Army's accounting, there are only two.

In 1996, the Army tackled its cleanup job at Devens under the auspices 
of its Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) arm.

Today, most AOC sites have been addressed, said BRAC environmental 
consultant Robert Simeone, and just two remain on the Army's to-do list: 
The landfill at Shepley's Hill and Nonoacious Brook and the body of 
water it drains into, Plow Shop Pond.

But because monitoring continues at some sites, the environmental 
watchdog group PACE still considers them of concern, said PACE president 
Laurie Nehring.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.nashobapublishing.com/ci_12010003?source=most_viewed

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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
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