[CPEO-MEF] SEDIMENT: Natick Labs (MA) to dredge Lake Cochituate cove

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Natick Labs plans to clean part of Lake Cochituate

By Charlie Breitrose
MetroWest Daily News (MA)
May 20, 2009

NATICK —
A proposal to clean up contamination in Lake Cochituate by removing 
sediment from Pegan Cove near Natick Labs was released by U.S. Army 
officials Monday.

Officials came up with several alternatives, and selected one that would 
dredge contamination "hot spots," dry out the sediment from those areas 
and dispose of it at another location.

According to the plan, the site made the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act priority list in 1994. In 2006, 
the Army and the Environmental Protection Agency signed an agreement to 
clean up the area.

The contamination in the area, mostly in Pegan Cove just off shore from 
the U.S. Army Soldier System Center (SSC) - known as Natick Labs - came 
from several sources, according to the Army document.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x1380197642/Natick-Labs-plans-to-clean-part-of-Lake-Cochituate

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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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