[CPEO-MEF] CLOSURE: Former Alameda Naval Air Station (CA) cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Point Being: Clean ups and downs

by Richard Bangert
Island of Alameda (CA)
February 22, 2011

By Richard Bangert

Cleanup at Alameda Point continues to unfold. Every month the  
Restoration Advisory Board meets to stay apprised of the happenings  
and offer comments. The public is invited to attend on the first  
Thursday of the month, 6:30 p.m. at the rear of City Hall West at  
Alameda Point. Here are some highlights from the February meeting and  
a "Point Being" video update on the Seaplane Lagoon.

There's a glitch in the ditch at Site 1 out at the northwestern tip.  
This is one of two of the Navy's industrial dumps (aka disposal sites  
– the other one being Site 2 to the south on the Wildlife Refuge),  
and plans were on the calendar to begin the remediation plan on the  
30-acre Site 1, which is set to become recreational open space, this  
year. But instead of 2013, it will now be 2015 before we are throwing  
Frisbees, riding the Bay Trail, or launching kayaks on the windy,  
incomparable western shore.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.theislandofalameda.com/2011/02/point-being-clean-ups-and- 
downs/

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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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