[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES, CHEMWEAPONS: "Army Corps removes soil with high arsenic levels" in Spring Valley, DC

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army Corps removes soil with high arsenic levels

By Leigh Giangreco
American University Eagle (DC)
September 20, 2012

The Army Corps of Engineers removed the last elevated levels of  
arsenic on the 5100 block of Tilden Street last week.

The Army eliminated soil containing arsenic levels of 22.8 parts per  
million at five feet deep during a dig of a 4-by-4-foot area.

"Twenty is the number that’s been developed for the child-acceptable  
risk range," said Steve Hirsh, a representative from the  
Environmental Protection Agency for the Restoration Advisory Board of  
Spring Valley.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.theeagleonline.com/news/story/army-corps-removes-soil-with- 
high-arsenic-levels/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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