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Cathy, I can understand your frustration and anger. As a former
(retired) government (Caltrans) employee it just amazes me of how
slow sometimes the government is to adapt/change and accept new technology and
techniques to deal with either old or new
situations. I learned from experience (40 years) that new concepts and
techniques usually start in the field and are applied by individuals that have a
sense of responsibility and caring, and want to deal with situations in a safe,
efficient and responsible manner. These are the people who "get things
done" usually in a better and safer way, and then the "higher ups" will claim
the recognition for bringing about "progress". I'm not saying that this is
the way in all situations, as there are a lot of good and caring people out
there, but there is also a lot of arrogance, greed and stupidity too.
I guess I just "sounded off" too, sorry. Craig F. Woempner, San Diego
Calif.
In a message dated 7/12/2010 11:32:31 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
cathy.knudsen@planteco.com writes:
Lenny!
I am so frustrated when I see articles like this.
There are so many
technologies out there to deal with contaminated soil but
they are not
getting to the field. I don't believe it is right for
subscribers to sell
their own goods on your website but I will tell
you, we have a rapid
innovative remediation technology for cleaning
soil contaminated with
explosives and/or solvent plumes in days. It
has been tested and validated
by Army HQ for use in-situ and ex-situ in
groundwater, soil, reclaimed
underwater munitions and, bulk munitions and
range sustainment. As a SB we
have marketed this product to all the
right people, all the right
contractors and all the right agencies.
It could save DoD millions but they
continue to allow contractors to dig
and haul, use open burn/ open
detonation and continue with groundwater
monitoring or natural attenuations.
We achieved response complete at a for
Army Ammunition Plant with 20% RDX,
HMX, and TNT within two weeks. We
neutralize 10 lb batches of bulk
explosives in 20 minutes. We show
our product to be effective in
neutralizing Mustard. The hardest
thing as a SB technology firm is not
getting your technology
recognized (we have recently won a huge award for
that from
university scientist). It is getting the technology to the
field.
Sorry! I just had to sound
off!
Regards!
Cathy
Catherine J. Knudsen
Vice President
Federal Programs
PLANTECO Environmental Consultants, LLC
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[mailto:military-bounces@lists.cpeo.org] On
Behalf Of Lenny Siegel
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 2:05 PM
To: Military
Environmental Forum
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] CLOSURE: South Weymouth Naval Air
Station (MA) landfill
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-so
il-for-air-base-landfill-cap-3846
--
Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public
Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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