[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, COMMUNITIES: Willow Grove Naval Air Station [PA}

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Willow Grove Naval Air Base contamination topic of meeting


By Gary Weckselblatt
The Intelligencer (PA)
December 2, 2013

The Navy and Air Force soon will be updating Horsham residents on the  
remaining environmental issues at the former Willow Grove Naval Air  
Station Joint Reserve Base.

...

Mike McGee, executive director of the Horsham Land Redevelopment  
Authority, said "This is extremely important for us in terms of  
planning. He said having the NAS-JRB closed by the feds' Base  
Realignment and Closure means the township wants it cleaned up as  
soon as possible to get it back on the tax rolls. Now that it is BRAC- 
ed, it's extremely important to us."

The former base is rated a Superfund site, with as many as 12 areas  
originally designated for cleanup. Three areas remain in need of  
remediation - the Ninth Street landfill off Horsham Road; the fire  
training area, on the southwest side of the base; and the south  
landfill, just south of the fire training area.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.theintell.com/news/local/willow-grove-naval-air-base- 
contamination-topic-of-meeting/article_eede5b68-ba32-58a8- 
af20-744118e55260.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
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