| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Thu, 29 Aug 2013 21:02:38 -0700 (PDT) |
| Reply: | cpeo-military |
| Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] REUSE, VOCs: Ft. Gillem (GA) cleanup |
Gillem clean-up efforts won't delay progress Want daily summaries and Breaking News alerts? By Kathy Jefcoats Clayton News Daily (GA) August 29, 2013 FOREST PARK - Contaminated groundwater at a former U.S. Army base won't hinder Forest Park's plans for redevelopment. The contamination isn't news to city leaders, who have been working with the federal government on plans to clean up the area before commercial and industrial businesses set up shop inside the 1,170-acre facility. The city is poised to buy the former base, which opened Atlanta Quartermaster Depot in 1941, for about $30 million. During Wednesday's meeting of the Forest Park/Fort Gillem Implementation Local Redevelopment Authority, Executive Director Fred Bryant told members that he went to Washington, D.C., days ago to discuss the cleanup. … For the entire article, see http://www.news-daily.com/news/2013/aug/29/gillem-clean-up-efforts-won8217t-delay-progress/ -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 278-A Hope Street 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 | |
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