2011 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 13:40:04 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] FUDS: Benicia Arsenal (CA) - consultancy decision postponed
 
Benicia postpones Arsenal decision

By Tony Burchyns
Vallejo Times-Herald (CA)
January 6, 2010


BENICIA -- As a February meeting between the city, other Arsenal property owners and the Justice Department creeps closer, the City Council has again postponed hiring a cleanup consultant.

After several delays, council members late Tuesday night further delayed hiring ERS Inc., an environmental risk management firm well versed in managing and securing funding for military base cleanups.

...

The 3,000-acre former Army base closed in 1963. The state has pressured the Department of Defense to perform further cleanup work for years, but the Army claims others also may bear responsibility for Arsenal contamination, including private industries.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_17025374

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Lenny Siegel
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a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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