Re: [CPEO-MEF] Military Digest, Vol 76, Issue 16

["Smith, Clarence" <Clarence.Smith@Illinois.gov>]

Lenny:

Tinker AFB is a long way from Norman.  If the city is still using their wells (questionable, as the local aquifer also has a level of arsenic that exceeds the new standard, that caused at least the University to use the local surface water supply of Lake Thunderbird), the source of contamination may be from activities at the former NAS Norman, which is now part of the University of Oklahoma (Max Westhiemer Field on the north end of town and the South Research Campus).

The parking lot around the Lloyd Nobel Center used to have the aircraft tie downs left in the concrete in the early 1980's.

I would think that the focus any investigation would start at these two FUDS sites.

Respectfully,

CLS

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Today's Topics:

   1. CHROMIUM: Norman, Oklahoma and Tinker Air Force Base
      (Lenny Siegel)
   2. MUNITIONS: Navy Atlantic contract (Lenny Siegel)
   3. Re: CHROMIUM: Norman, Oklahoma and Tinker Air Force Base
      (Lenny Siegel)


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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 09:29:43 -0800
From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
To: Military Environmental Forum <military@lists.cpeo.org>
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] CHROMIUM: Norman, Oklahoma and Tinker Air Force
	Base
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[It's not clear from this article if anyone has evaluated whether Tinker 
Air Force Base is a possible source of Norman's high levels of 
hexavalent chromium, but it is mentioned. - LS]


EPA to help cities with water issues

By Andy Rieger
Norman Transcript (OK)
December 23, 2010

NORMAN - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday it 
soon will issue guidance to all public water systems on how to test for 
and sample drinking water specifically for hexavalent chromium, also 
known as chromium-6.

The announcement by EPA administrator Lisa P. Jackson follows Monday's 
release of a study showing traces of the potential carcinogen in 31 of 
35 city water systems tested. Norman Mayor Cindy Rosenthal said the city 
will pursue its own investigation on the source of chromium-6.

"The city of Norman looks forward to and welcomes the EPA's research 
efforts and technical assistance with respect to monitoring and testing. 
Meanwhile, we remain vigilant and will continue to pursue our own 
independent analysis of the particular source of chromium-6 in our 
area," she said.

...

Hexavalent chromium has been cited in the Oklahoma Department of 
Environmental Quality's Tinker Air Force Base Superfund Site history and 
background report. The cleanup site is in the northeast portion of 
Tinker where much rebuilding and refurbishing of aircraft took place.

...

For the entire article, see
http://normantranscript.com/headlines/x1473650941/EPA-likely-will-put-limits-on-chromium-6-in-drinking-water

-- 


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





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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:04:53 -0800
From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
To: Military Environmental Forum <military@lists.cpeo.org>
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Navy Atlantic contract
Message-ID: <4D138F45.4070503@cpeo.org>
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U.S. Navy to rid water bodies of munitions and explosives

Defense World
December 23, 2010

USA Environmental, Inc. is being awarded a $95,000,000 contract for 
munitions response actions at various locations within the Naval 
Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Atlantic area of responsibility 
(AOR). The work provides for munitions response actions to permit lands 
and waters potentially affected by munitions and explosives of concern 
(MEC) to be safely used for their planned purpose.

Work may be associated with the removal of MEC in terrestrial areas, on 
or beneath the land surface; or aquatic environments, such as marsh 
areas, surf zones, intertidal areas, or other under water areas. The 
work to be performed includes safely locating, identifying, recovering, 
evaluating, managing, and performing final disposition of MEC, material 
potentially presenting an explosive hazard, munitions debris, and range 
related debris.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defensenews.jsp?id=5335&h=U.S.%20Navy%20to%20rid%20water%20bodies%20of%20munitions%20and%20explosives

-- 


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





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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:26:36 -0800
From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
To: Military Environmental Forum <military@lists.cpeo.org>
Subject: Re: [CPEO-MEF] CHROMIUM: Norman, Oklahoma and Tinker Air
	Force Base
Message-ID: <4D13945C.3070504@cpeo.org>
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Senators ask EPA to set chromium 6 standard

By NOAKI SCHWARTZ
The Associated Press/Washington Post
December 22, 2010

LOS ANGELES -- U.S. Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein have called 
on the Environmental Protection Agency to protect the public from 
hexavalent chromium following a report that found the carcinogen in the 
tap water of 31 cities across the country.

In a letter obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, Boxer, who chairs 
the Senate environment and public works committee, said she plans to 
introduce legislation with California colleague Feinstein that would set 
a deadline for the EPA to establish an enforceable standard for the 
chemical also known as chromium 6. The committee will also hold a 
hearing on the issue in February.

The letter was sent after the release of a study by the Environmental 
Working Group that analyzed drinking water in 35 cities across the 
country. The five cities with the highest levels of chromium 6 were 
Norman, Okla.; Honolulu, Hawaii; Riverside, Calif.; Madison, Wis.; and 
San Jose, Calif.

The chemical is commonly discharged from steel and pulp mills, 
metal-plating plants and leather-tanning facilities, the group said in 
the report.

"There are no enforceable federal standards to protect the public from 
hexavalent chromium in tap water," read the letter to EPA chief Lisa 
Jackson.

The EPA currently tests for total chromium levels but the letter said 
the tests do not show precise amounts of chromium 6. In addition, the 
agency's chromium standard is outdated because it was set nearly two 
decades ago, the letter said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/21/AR2010122105302.html


Lenny Siegel wrote:
> [It's not clear from this article if anyone has evaluated whether Tinker 
> Air Force Base is a possible source of Norman's high levels of 
> hexavalent chromium, but it is mentioned. - LS]
> 
> 
> EPA to help cities with water issues
> 
> By Andy Rieger
> Norman Transcript (OK)
> December 23, 2010
> 
> NORMAN - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday it 
> soon will issue guidance to all public water systems on how to test for 
> and sample drinking water specifically for hexavalent chromium, also 
> known as chromium-6.
> 
> The announcement by EPA administrator Lisa P. Jackson follows Monday's 
> release of a study showing traces of the potential carcinogen in 31 of 
> 35 city water systems tested. Norman Mayor Cindy Rosenthal said the city 
> will pursue its own investigation on the source of chromium-6.
> 
> "The city of Norman looks forward to and welcomes the EPA's research 
> efforts and technical assistance with respect to monitoring and testing. 
> Meanwhile, we remain vigilant and will continue to pursue our own 
> independent analysis of the particular source of chromium-6 in our 
> area," she said.
> 
> ...
> 
> Hexavalent chromium has been cited in the Oklahoma Department of 
> Environmental Quality's Tinker Air Force Base Superfund Site history and 
> background report. The cleanup site is in the northeast portion of 
> Tinker where much rebuilding and refurbishing of aircraft took place.
> 
> ...
> 
> For the entire article, see
> http://normantranscript.com/headlines/x1473650941/EPA-likely-will-put-limits-on-chromium-6-in-drinking-water 
> 
> 


-- 


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




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