[CPEO-MEF] CLEANUP: "Air Force to begin cleaning up old Scott [Air Force Base, IL] landfill by spring"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Air Force to begin cleaning up old Scott landfill by spring

BY MIKE FITZGERALD
Belleville News-Democrat (IL)
August 9, 2013

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE - Preliminary plans call for U.S. Air Force  
contractors to begin cleaning up an abandoned 36-acre landfill at the  
base some time after March, according to the Illinois Environmental  
Protection Agency supervisor overseeing the project.

With the public comment period closed, the Air Force will likely  
submit its draft record of decision by Jan. 1, with remedial design  
and action plans submitted in the months to follow, said Paul Lake,  
IEPA project manager.

The Air Force has not officially picked its method for cleaning up  
the site. But planning documents for a public hearing in June show  
its preference was for spending an estimated $4.6 million on a  
program to monitor the site for contaminants such as iron and arsenic  
that could move into nearby Mosquito and Silver creeks.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.bnd.com/2013/08/09/2736069/air-force-to-begin-cleaning- 
up.html

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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