[CPEO-MEF] CLEANUP: Dodge Pond, Naval Undersea Warfare Center (CT)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy to test East Lyme pond for mercury levels
Selectman says town has been seeking update for years

By Stephen Chupaska
The Day (CT)
June 21, 2011

East Lyme - Throughout the remainder of the year, the Navy will  
conduct tests to determine levels of mercury in Dodge Pond, where an  
underwater acoustic testing facility has operated for 65 years and  
where there has been a 16-year ban on eating fish caught in the pond.

First Selectman Paul Formica said Monday the town has been asking for  
an update on the status of the pond for three years.

According to Mark Hammond, the program manager at the Naval Undersea  
Warfare Center, the Navy will be collecting water and fish samples to  
be analyzed for mercury.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.theday.com/article/20110621/NWS01/306219957/-1/NWS

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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