[CPEO-MEF] PESTICIDES: Ft. Meade (MD) Pesticide Shop cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

[I missed this when it was published in September. - LS]

Army to Remove Soil from Pesticide Shop Site

Cleanup of the half-acre site at Fort Meade will require the  
excavation of 700 tons of dirt. Officials will also treat the  
groundwater.

By Tim Lemke
Odenton Patch (MD)
September 21, 2012

The Army will excavate more than 700 tons of dirt from the site of a  
former pesticide shop at Fort Meade, after it found contamination in  
the soil and groundwater in the area.

Tim Llewellyn, a geologist with Arcadis, an environmental services  
firm working with the Army, said the pollution does not pose any  
direct risk to anyone on base, but that it could threaten the health  
of any workers who might construct buildings at the location.

"We do have environmental impact there," Llewellyn told members of  
the Fort Meade Restoration Advisory Board. "But it's in a relatively  
small area."


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For the entire article, see
http://odenton.patch.com/articles/army-to-remove-soil-from-former- 
pesticide-shop

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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