[CPEO-MEF] CLEANUP: Elmendorf Air Force Base (AK)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Review finds base actions continue to protect environment

by Renée Wright
3rd Wing Public Affairs
April 27, 2009

ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska  -- While many units focus on spring 
cleanup, the base also works diligently on a cleanup program that began 
nearly 20 years ago. In 1990, Elmendorf was added to the National 
Priorities List under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, commonly known as CERCLA. This 
action initiated restoration of 40 sites within seven operable units. A 
recent report indicates the program is still on track.

During 2008, the base completed its third Five-Year Review of its 
environmental restoration efforts under CERCLA. The review documents 
were finalized and made available to the public April 24. The report 
determined that the cleanup remedies the base selected for each site 
continue to function as they were designed and remain protective of 
human health and the environment.

"This Five-Year Review gave us another look at the effectiveness of our 
treatment systems and made recommendations to make certain we're getting 
the best possible performance from them," said Donna Baumler, remedial 
project manager in the 3rd Civil Engineer Squadron Natural Resources 
Management office. "Elmendorf's hard work toward meeting cleanup goals 
will speed up closure of sites as they are restored."

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For the entire release/article, see
http://www.elmendorf.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123146374

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org



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