[CPEO-MEF] CLEANUP: Lower Submarine Base, Groton, CT

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA OKs Navy plan for sub base cleanup

Efforts to focus on soil, sediments on 102 acres

The Day (CT)
September 14, 2012

Groton - The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday announced  
that it has approved the Navy's plan to clean up the area of the  
Naval Submarine Base known as the Lower Submarine Base.

The EPA said in a news release that its signing of the Record of  
Decision on the plan will enable the Navy to begin the cleanup next  
year. The EPA said it coordinated with the state Department of Energy  
and Environmental Protection and the Navy on the decision.

Since 1990, the base has been listed on the EPA's National Priorities  
List for cleanup under the Superfund program, and several cleanup  
projects have been completed.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.theday.com/article/20120914/NWS01/309149949/1019&town=

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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