[CPEO-MEF] COMMUNITIES: Former Ft. Devens (MA) RAB discusses arsenic sites

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army begins soil removal to decontaminate Plow Shop Pond

By M.E. Jones
Nashoba Publishing (MA)
July 8, 2013


DEVENS -- The Devens Restoration Advisory Board met June 20 to  
discuss a pair of projects in the pipeline: sediment remediation at  
Plow Shop Pond, identified in the Army's overall clean-up plan as  
Area of Concern 72, and site remediation at the Shepley's Hill  
Landfill, a former Fort Devens dumping ground.

Closed now for many years, Shepley's Hill has been identified as the  
source of higher than normal arsenic levels in nearby Plow Shop Pond  
and an "arsenic plume" proceeding from the site to the water table  
below the lower half of Ayer's Main Street.

The Army's Base Realignment and Closure Division (BRAC) has been  
working with the RAB on plans to clean it up.

State and Federal agencies such as EPA and DEP raised some sticking  
points, however, such as whether the extent of the proposed cleanup  
was sufficient; that is, could the affected ground water be restored  
to its original, drinkable state? EPA's Ginny Lombardo said it was  
doable but the Army considered it unnecessary.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.nashobapublishing.com/auto/news/ci_23618718/army-begins- 
soil-removal-decontaminate

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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
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