[CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE, FUDS: Spring Valley sampling

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Locals question Army Corps' data

By Christopher Cottrell
American University Eagle (DC)
February 21, 2010

Perchlorate levels in the groundwater in and around AU are decreasing 
according to the Army Corps of Engineers - a claim that was met with 
skepticism by some community members who said that existing information 
is insufficient to draw such conclusions.

Spring Valley residents at Tuesday's Restoration Advisory Board meeting, 
where the Army Corps made this announcement, were skeptical because the 
Corps based their findings on readings made more than two years apart 
and during different seasons of the year.

The Environmental Protection Agency has set the safety standard for 
perchlorate levels in drinking water at 15 parts per billion, according 
to Todd Beckwith, the Corps' project manager for the Spring Valley cleanup.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.theeagleonline.com/news/story/army-corps-data-questioned/

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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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