[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Watertown Arsenal (MA) PCBs in soil

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

More PCB testing to be done at Watertown's Arsenal site

By Meghann Ackerman
Wicked Local Watertown/Watertown TAB & Press (MA)
August 27, 2009

WATERTOWN - It was on, it was off and now it seems to be back on. The 
Army Corps of Engineers will be doing another round of testing for 
poisons at the Arsenal site.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers controls the site at 670 Arsenal St. 
and is responsible for removing contamination from polychlorinated 
biphenyl, known more widely as PCB, before turning the site over to the 
state Department of Recreation and Conservation.

A work plan released on Monday outlined the Army Corps' plan to do 
continued soil testing of the site to find out how widespread the PCBs 
are. A prior study showed the contamination didn't go deeper than three 
feet.

The nearly 12-acre parcel, which has four vacant sheds and a guardhouse, 
was used by the Army to store materials and burn uranium from 1920 to 
1968, according to a Department of Conservation and Recreation report. 
Since then, the land has mainly been used for storage. The Arsenal's 
history as a center for researching and building weapons stretches to 
shortly after the War of 1812.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.wickedlocal.com/watertown/news/x772323183/More-PCB-testing-to-be-done-at-Watertown-s-Arsenal-site

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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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