[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: Norwalk (CA) tank demolition

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Tank demolition completed at former Norwalk tank farm


By Jerry Bernstein
Los Cerritos News (CA)
March 6. 2011

Demolition of the above ground tanks at the former fuel storage site  
owned by the Air Force started in December 2010 ws recently  
completed. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers oversaw the contracting  
and demolition of the twelve large steel tanks and two smaller tanks.  
The Corps of Engineers notified the surrounding residents and school  
prior to the start of demolition activities. Water trucks were used  
to spray work areas to control dust and air monitoring was also  
conducted to ensure that there were no air quality risks to workers  
or residents.

The Norwalk Tank Farm was constructed in the 1920s by private oil  
companies before being purchased by the Air Force in the 1950s. It  
was used to store jet fuel, which was distributed to military  
installations in western United States. The military ended fuel  
operations at the site in 2001. Environmental cleanup operations  
began in 1995 and are continuing on the site.


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For the entire article, see
http://loscerritosnews.net/tank-demolition-completed-at-former- 
norwalk-tank-farm-p1576-150.htm

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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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