[CPEO-MEF] CLEANUP: "Soil cleanup complete" at the former Nebraska Ordnance Plant

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Corps: Soil cleanup complete at site of former arsenal

BY ALGIS J. LAUKAITIS
LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR (NE)
November 15, 2012

YUTAN -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it has cleaned up all  
of the contaminated soil at the former Nebraska Ordnance Plant near  
Mead.

The clean-up represents a significant milestone, project manager  
Kristine Stein said. All that is left is cleaning up groundwater at  
the old munitions plant.

"At this point, there is no risk to human health and the environment.  
It's within the acceptable risk range," she said Wednesday.

Any contamination left in the soil is within health standards set by  
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Stein said.


...

For the entire article, see
http://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/nebraska/corps-soil- 
cleanup-complete-at-site-of-former-arsenal/ 
article_d7a26aaf-7152-56df-906f-46f5e0a428f7.html

--

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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

_______________________________________________
Military mailing list
Military@lists.cpeo.org
http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org