[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES: I-Denni site, Saipan, Northern Marianas

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army Corps cites levels of PCB, lead contamination in I-Denni

By Haidee V. Eugenio
Saipan Tribune (CNMI)
February 17, 2012
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the highest reading for  
polychlorinated biphenyls soil contamination in I-Denni/Edoni on  
Capital Hill is so far 19 parts per million even as the standard  
cleanup level is 1 ppm, while lead found in the area soil ranges from  
40 ppm to 3,000 ppm and the goal is to keep it down to 300 ppm.

PCB and lead are toxic chemicals. These are found at a pit that the  
U.S. military used during and after World War II as a waste  
repository. It has been identified as a formerly used defense site,  
or FUDS.

"This is not high," said Army Corps' Helene Takemoto, referring to  
the highest reading of 19 ppm, which she said is still below the over  
50 ppm threshold for it to be considered "contamination."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?newsID=116614&cat=1

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