Re: [CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES: Lake Ontario Ordnance Works (NY) contamination study

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

REPORT: Contamination at former Lewiston waste water treatment plant  
is no immediate threat to general public

By Timothy Chipp

Niagara Gazette
November 30, 2011

LEWISTON - After a series of tests done at the former waste water  
treatment plant on the Lake Ontario Ordnance Works site, the Army  
Corps of Engineers has determined chemical contamination poses no  
immediate threat to the general Lewiston and Porter communities.



Risk assessment done by the Corps studied the effect any chemical  
contamination would have on adult and youth trespassers or visitors,  
commercial, construction and operation workers at the site and area  
residents, and determined the only risk of health problems would come  
to on-site workers who have a chronic exposure to the soil and  
residual sludge over the course of many years.



"(Those) wandering around the site are not going to have harm done to  
them," said Karen Keil, an environmental toxicologist for the Corps.

...

For the entire article, see
http://niagara-gazette.com/local/x1331364796/REPORT-Contamination-at- 
former-Lewiston-waste-water-treatment-plant-is-no-immediate-threat-to- 
general-public
(You may need to cut and paste the link.)





On Dec 1, 2011, at 11:33 AM, Lenny Siegel wrote:

> Army Corps to reveal findings of contamination study on LOOW site
>
> By Timothy Chipp
> Niagara Gazette (NY)
> November 29, 2011
> LEWISTON - Residents interested in hearing the results of a  
> contamination investigation of the former Town of Lewiston Water  
> Treatment Plant on the Lake Ontario Ordnance Works site will get  
> their chance.
>
> The Army Corps of Engineers, in charge of the 7,500-acre property  
> in both Lewiston and the Town of Porter, which includes the  
> Lewiston-Porter School District campus, recently studied the soil  
> at the old plant site and is expected to release the results to the  
> public at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Lewiston Senior Citizen Center,  
> 4361 Lower River Road.
>
> But donât mistake the Corpsâ involvement in the area for a  
> surefire sign of contamination, Mick Senus, LOOW project manager,  
> said.
>
> ...
>
> For the entire article, see
> http://niagara-gazette.com/local/x1202024422/Army-Corps-to-reveal- 
> findings-of-contamination-study-on-LOOW-site
>
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>
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Lenny Siegel
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a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
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