[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES, VOCs: "Corps probes contamination at former missile base near Arlington" (NE)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Corps probes contamination at former missile base near Arlington

By Leeanna Ellis
Washington County Pilot-Tribune & Enterprise  
November 1, 2019 

A former missile base near Arlington is the subject of an investigation to review contamination in the groundwater underneath the property and the process to remediate it.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is conducting its second five-year review of the Offutt Air Force Base Former Atlas “D” Missile Site 2, which is located east of County Road 15 between county roads 28 and 30. The review began Sept. 30.

A legal notice published in the Oct. 25 Washington County Enterprise indicated contamination is present in shallow, intermediate and deep groundwater aquifers. The contamination consists of a solvent chemical called trichloroethene as well as its degradation products.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.enterprisepub.com/public/corps-probes-contamination-at-former-missile-base-near-arlington/article_47b2213e-fcaa-11e9-b8ec-b74d3f3a9e52.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org





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