[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Willow Grove Naval Air Station (PA) cleanup status

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy base cleanup's status unclear
Eight of 12 contaminated sites have been finished. A meeting in March 
will address the situation.

By RICH PIETRAS
Bucks County Courier Times (PA)
January 18, 2010

After the military is finished cleaning up the Willow Grove Naval Air 
Station property, one of Pennsylvania's 29 Superfund sites, it will be 
suitable for commercial or industrial use.

That would likely have been fine under Gov. Ed Rendell's plan to convert 
the base into a Homeland Security facility with some private, commercial 
tenants.

But since Rendell has backed out of his plan, the nearly 850 acres that 
could become available for redevelopment is open for a variety of uses, 
including recreational or residential.

Whether the military will be required to return and further clean the 
land to meet those kinds of uses is unclear.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/news_details/article/28/2010/january/18/navy-base-cleanups-status-unclear.html

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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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