[CPEO-MEF] VOCs, REGULATION: Moffett Field (CA) dispute resolved

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy agrees to clean up Moffett TCE fumes

by Daniel DeBolt
Mountain View Voice (CA)
February 23, 2011

Resolving a dispute with the Environmental Protection Agency, the  
United States Navy has agreed to take responsibility for toxic vapors  
inside buildings at Moffett Field. The deal is easing the minds of  
people who work in those buildings, including Bill Berry, president  
of University Associates.

Berry works in historic former Navy building 19, which sits over  
Moffett's underground plume of TCE, an industrial solvent that  
polluted the soil and groundwater at Moffett years ago. Berry said he  
can't help but wonder about the TCE fumes.

"Normally I leave the window open to ventilate the office," Berry said.

Under the agreement made between high level EPA and Navy officials on  
Feb. 9, the Navy is expected to come up with a plan within weeks to  
test the air inside buildings at Moffett. If necessary, the Navy  
would have to install ventilation systems or other mitigation  
measures, costing as much as $200,000 for a 20,000-square-foot  
building. Over 30 occupied buildings at Moffett have not been tested  
since 2003.

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For the entire article, see
http://mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=3967

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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
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