[CPEO-MEF] CLOSURE: South Weymouth Naval Air Station (MA) landfill

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Weymouth: Navy proposes using contaminated soil for air base landfill cap

By John Penny
WATD-FM
July 12, 2010

A proposal by the Navy to use contaminated soil to cap the west gate 
landfill at the base has some members of the restoration advisory board 
up in arms.

The Navy is proposing to excavate soil near the main gate that's 
contaminated with PHA's and pesticides and use it to cap the 
contaminated west gate landfill. Several advisory board members 
including Weymouth town councilor Michael Smart vehemently oppose the 
idea, which is designed to cut costs.

Smart said, "The Navy is talking about cutting costs. I understand why 
people are alarmed. It raises questions whether the Navy is still 
committed to doing the best clean up or now committed to value 
engineering, which to me means making it cheaper, which directly affects 
the quality of the clean up."

...

For the entire story, see
http://www.959watd.com/news.php?Weymouth-Navy-proposes-using-contaminated-soil-for-air-base-landfill-cap-3846

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Lenny Siegel
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