[CPEO-MEF] CLEANUP, REGULATION: Ft. Meade (MD) landfill, etc.

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Fort Meade environmental cleanup finally moves forward

By PAMELA WOOD
Capital Gazette Communications
November 28, 2010

In 2003, construction workers tore down trees to make way for new homes 
at Fort George G. Meade.

As they dug up the stumps, they made a startling discovery: trash. Lots 
and lots of trash. Animal bones. Shoes. Military dog tags. Bricks. Wood. 
Glass.

The workers had stumbled upon a forgotten landfill that dated to the 1940s.

An investigation that followed found that the dump stretched onto the 
property of Manor View Elementary School next door. Investigators also 
found high levels of methane - which was so dangerous that in December 
2005, they evacuated 12 families from their brand-new homes.

Seven years later, the homes still sit empty. "No parking" signs are 
posted out front. Contractors, military officials and environmental 
regulators continue to study and discuss the site.

And the dump is still there.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/cwc/2010/11/28-49/Fort-Meade-environmental-cleanup-finally-moves-forward.html

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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