[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: "Army Corps of Engineers continues Fort Monroe [VA} cleanup"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army Corps of Engineers continues Fort Monroe cleanup
More than a dozen sites throughout the property have been identified

By Robert Brauchle
Newport News (VA) Daily Press
February 3, 2012

HAMPTON - The Army Corps of Engineers continues to oversee testing,  
and in some cases, cleanup of more than a dozen contaminated sites on  
Fort Monroe.

The Army is addressing areas of concern that have so far yielded soil  
contaminated with metals, mercury and other chemicals, said Robert  
Reali Fort Monroe Base Realignment and Closure environmental  
coordinator.

The cleanup continues during the Army's complex departure from Fort  
Monroe, which was forced to close following the 2005 BRAC decision to  
realign military bases nationwide. The cost for the environmental  
cleanup has been pegged at $60 million to $70 million.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailypress.com/news/hampton/dp-nws-army-monroe- 
update-20120203,0,2677872.story

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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
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