[CPEO-MEF] LANDFILLS: Ft. Meade (MD) removal action

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Ft. Meade to remove trash from landfill
Old household waste leaks methane into soil

By PAMELA WOOD
Annapolis Capital (MD)
September 19, 2011

More than eight years after a landfill was discovered near homes and  
a school at Fort George G. Meade, a contractor is planning to remove  
some of the trash.

By the end of the year, contractor Arcadis expects to excavate trash  
from about one acre of the 10-acre site. The trash is old household  
waste that is leaching potentially dangerous methane gas into the soil.

Members of Fort Meade's Restoration Advisory Board - a panel that  
reviews ongoing cleanup efforts - got the first details of the trash  
removal at their bimonthly meeting Thursday.

All told, 7,200 cubic yards of trash will be removed and taken to a  
landfill, said Tom Crone, a representative from Arcadis.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2011/09/19-28/Ft-Meade-to- 
remove-trash-from-landfill.html

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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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