[CPEO-MEF] VOCs, FORMER MISSILE SITES: Belvoir Ranch Atlas site (WY)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Residents question Cheyenne missile site cleanup project

By JOAN BARRON
Casper Star-Tribune (WY)
June 9, 2011

CHEYENNE - Members of an advisory board for an abandoned missile site  
cleanup had a number of questions about a U.S. Army Corps of  
Engineers pilot project Tuesday evening.

The corps intends to intercept water contaminated by trichloroethene  
midway in the 12- to 15-mile underground plume west of Cheyenne, pump  
it out and treat it.

The treated water will be pumped into a 30-feet-by-6-feet trench with  
a French drain to soak into the same aquifer from which it came.

During the lively two-hour meeting at Laramie County Community  
College, several residents of the affected area, who are members of  
the Restoration Advisory Board for the Belvoir Ranch Cleanup Project,  
said they were concerned that groundwater will be lost during the  
infiltration test. They suggested reinjecting the treated water  
rather than relying on gravity.


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For the entire article, see
http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/article_89cff4c3-361c-52d5- 
aec9-c65fc4dd1649.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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