2020 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2020 07:56:48 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] CLEANUP: Army Yakima Training Center (WA)
 
Contamination clean up proposed at Yakima Training Center

by Elayne Rojo-Rodriguez
KIMA CBS TV News (Yakima, WA)
August 3, 2020

YAKIMA COUNTY-- The Washington Department of Ecology and the U.S Army proposed an agreement providing a plan for cleaning up contaminated areas at the Yakima Training Center near Selah.

According to the department of ecology, there are still 21 areas at the Yakima Training Center that do not meet soil or groundwater cleanup standards or need further investigation. 

It includes, site-specific cleanup plans for weapon storage areas, pesticide handling areas, vehicle repair shops, various landfills and burn pits, and hazardous assessments of various underground storage tank areas and fuel centers, and buildings, says the DOE.

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For the entire story, see
https://kimatv.com/news/local/contamination-clean-up-proposed-at-yakima-training-center

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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