[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: Middlesex (NJ) Atomic Energy site

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

News Release
U.S. EPA Region 2
October 13, 2009


EPA Signs Agreement with Army Corps, Dept. of Energy to Ensure Cleanup 
of Middlesex, NJ Site


(New York, NY) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has signed 
an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the 
Department of Energy (DOE) covering federal facilities, which details 
responsibilities for the cleanup of a contaminated site in Middlesex, 
New Jersey. The federal facilities agreement specifies that USACE is 
responsible for cleaning up the site and DOE is responsible for 
long-term surveillance after the cleanup. The property was used by the 
Atomic Energy Commission as part of the nation's early atomic energy 
program to handle various radioactive ores.

"This agreement will ensure that the contamination resulting from past 
activities at the site is extensively investigated," said George Pavlou, 
Acting Regional Administrator. "An agreement like this makes it possible 
to have a comprehensive and thorough cleanup, so that the surrounding 
community and the environment are protected."

From 1943 to 1967, the Middlesex site was used by the Atomic Energy 
Commission to sample, store, test, and transfer ores containing uranium, 
thorium, and beryllium....

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For the entire release, see
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/72729d105d8b56448525764e0068a29c?OpenDocument

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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>
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