2019 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 23:58:57 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] BIOTA: Clam flats at former Brunswick Naval Air Station (ME)
 
Harpswell wants Navy to protect clam flats from pollutants from former naval station

By Kathleen O’Brien 
Brunswick Times Record (ME)
November 11, 2019

HARPSWELL - Harpswell wants the Navy to protect the clam flats in Harpswell Cove as part of the Navy’s remediation plan for the former Brunswick Naval Air Station.

The town argues the Navy should extend its testing to the stormwater system that brings water from ponds at the former base to Mare Brook and Harpswell Cove, where shellfish are harvested.

The network of four interconnecting ponds, known as Picnic Pond, Pond A, Pond B and Pond C, is located in the northeastern corner of the former base. The pond system was constructed with a network of ditches and drains to control stormwater drainage on the base. The drains eventually meet Mare Brook in Brunswick, which flows south into Harpswell Cove.

In 2015, an investigation of the pond system found a handful of heavy metals including lead, arsenic and cadmium. If ingested, those metals can damage the nervous system, kidneys and stomach, according to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.pressherald.com/2019/11/10/harpswell-wants-navy-to-protect-clam-flats-from-pollutants-from-former-naval-station/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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