[CPEO-MEF] CLOSURE, COMMUNITIES: South Weymouth Naval Air Station (MA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Group wants Weymouth base cleanup to meet state's standard


By Ed Baker
Weymouth News (MA)
March 3, 2011

Weymouth - A citizens group wants the cleanup of contaminants at the  
former South Weymouth Naval Air Station by the Navy to meet the  
state's acceptable health standard, rather than the federal  
benchmark, before the site is renovated into a residential-commercial  
complex.
"Contamination and water issues at the base will impact our lives  
collectively and for generations to come," said Dominic Galluzzo, co- 
chairman of the Advocates for Rockland, Abington, Whitman, and  
Hingham (ARAWH) during a Feb. 24 group meeting. "We are here to  
present facts without editorializing."

The group reviewed the cleanup of pollutants by the Navy at a former  
hangar, a maintenance facility known as Building 81, and a previous  
firefighters training area.

Richard Lester, a Cambridge Environmental consultant for ARAWH, said  
that the Navy has determined that there are health risks posed by  
drinking groundwater near Building 81 and some soil has been removed  
to eliminate hazards.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.wickedlocal.com/weymouth/news/x1174966123/Group-wants- 
Weymouth-base-cleanup-to-meet-state-s-standard#axzz1Ff0tsYeM

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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
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