[CPEO-MEF] FUDS: Watertown Arsenal (MA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Soil tests to begin at Watertown arsenal site

By Sarah Thomas
Boston Globe (MA)
May 4, 2010

The US Army Corps of Engineers is set to begin soil tests today to 
determine the extent of contamination on nearly 12 acres that were once 
part of the former Watertown Arsenal.

The soil tests are an essential step in the cleanup process that would 
eventually see the property at Arsenal Street and Greenough Boulevard 
used for sightseeing.

The location was originally owned by the state before being leased by 
the Department of Defense prior to World War II as part of the former 
Watertown Arsenal, which manufactured and stored munitions for the war 
effort.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/watertown/2010/05/soil_tests_to_begin_at_waterto.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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