[CPEO-MEF] CLEANUP: Norfolk Naval Station (VA) construction complete

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy reaches Superfund milestone at Norfolk base

Scott Harper
The Virginian-Pilot
November 2, 2010



NORFOLK - It took 27 years and cost $100 million, but the Navy has 
completed all construction work at the Norfolk Naval Station as part of 
its Superfund cleanup, officials announced Monday.

Superfund is the nickname of a federal program, overseen by the 
Environmental Protection Agency, in which hazardous wastes are required 
to be removed and the site restored to a semblance of its former self.

Norfolk Naval Station, the largest Navy base in the world, was added to 
the Superfund list in 1996. But the Navy had been working on the problem 
before then on its own, beginning in 1983.

As part of the mammoth undertaking, the Navy and its contractors 
investigated 170 locations where contamination was suspected and took 
action at 10 specific sites.



...

For the entire article, see
http://hamptonroads.com/2010/11/navy-reaches-superfund-milestone-norfolk-base

--


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>
http://www.cpeo.org



_______________________________________________
Military mailing list
Military@lists.cpeo.org
http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org