[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES, GLOBAL: Saipan (CNMI) soil excavation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

I-Denni remediation on hold
Volume of contaminated soil 250 pct. more than anticipated

By Haidee V. Eugenio
Saipan Tribune (CNMI)
March 29, 2012

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has temporarily suspended its  
remediation in I-Denni on Capital Hill while waiting for additional  
funding needed, now that the volume of excavated polychlorinated  
biphenyl- and lead-contaminated soil-now at least 2,099 cubic yards- 
is proving to be much larger than the original estimate of only up to  
600 cubic yards.

PCB and lead are toxic chemicals associated with serious health and  
environmental concerns.

The volume of PCB- and lead-contaminated soil so far excavated from  
the I-Denni pit is almost 250 percent more than the original estimate  
of only up to 600 cubic yards, a figure earlier provided by the  
Division of Environmental Quality.

The pit in I-Denni, sometimes referred to as Edoni, was used by the  
U.S. military during and after World War II as a waste repository. It  
has been identified as a formerly used defense site, or FUDS.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?cat=1&newsID=117675

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Lenny Siegel
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