[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES, RADIATION: Parks Township Shallow Land Disposal Area, Pennsylvania

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA makes upbeat assessment on nuclear contamination from Parks  
Township waste dump

By Mary Ann Thomas
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (PA)
August 13, 2014

Government officials outnumbered residents on Tuesday night at a  
meeting concerning environmental testing outside of the nuclear waste  
dump in Parks Township.

The low turnout might be the result of the federal Environmental  
Protection Agency findings of no nuclear or chemical contaminants  
outside of the nuclear waste dump formally known as the Shallow Land  
Disposal Area. The dump was used by the former Nuclear Materials and  
Equipment Corp. (NUMEC) and its successor, the Atlantic Richfield  
Co., in the 1960s to the early 1970s.

In 2011, the EPA started testing outside of the nuclear dump because  
of residents' concerns about potential contamination.

The Army Corps of Engineers is leading an estimated 10-year cleanup  
of the dump that could cost as much as $500 million.

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For the entire article, see
http://triblive.com/neighborhoods/yourallekiskivalley/ 
yourallekiskivalleymore/6602358-74/dump-nuclear-testing#axzz3AOBFrsnQ

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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