[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Ft. Gillem (GA) transfer expected early next year

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[There is a real potential for vapor intrusion on and near Ft. Gillem. The Army is expected to announce an investigation soon. - LS]

City could close Fort Gillem deal by February

By Kathy Jefcoats
Clayton News-Daily (GA)
November 29, 2013

FOREST PARK — Officials could finalize the purchase of the former Army base by February and residents are another step closer to learning which businesses are locating to that property.

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The 1,170-acre Fort Gillem was recommended for closure in May 2005. However, the U.S. Army retains a 250-acre enclave that includes its Criminal Investigations Division Crime Lab, a state-of-the-art facility.

There are also about 165 acres of contaminated groundwater scattered about the property. The Army will assume 100 percent responsibility for the clean-up, whether the city contracts out the work or the Army performs it, said Bryant.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.news-daily.com/news/2013/nov/29/city-could-close-fort-gillem-deal-by-february/

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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
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