[CPEO-MEF] GUARD: Vermont Air National Guard base, South Burlington

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Vermont Air Guard to upgrade pollution cleanup

By Joel Banner Baird
Burlington Free Press (VT)
December 4, 2010


SOUTH BURLINGTON - New, costly efforts are under way to speed the 
removal of contaminated soil and water beneath the Vermont Air National 
Guard base in South Burlington. The bill could be as high as $18.5 million.

Although the public and Guard members face no immediate danger from the 
pollutants, a more thorough cleanup will reduce the likelihood of future 
health risks, said Richard Spiese, the project’s site manager for the 
Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation.

Fuel, lubricants and solvents have drained into on-site pits from the 
early 1950s through the mid-1980s, much of it through routine 
maintenance, according to documents on file with the department.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20101204/NEWS02/101203031/Vermont-Air-Guard-to-upgrade-pollution-cleanup

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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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