[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES: WWII-era hospital dump in Talafofo, Northern Mariana

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Comments sought on ‘no action’ plan for WWII-era hospital dump in Talafofo

By Iva Maurin
Saipan Tribune (CNMI)
June 24, 2021

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is inviting the public to comment on its proposal not to do anything—called a “no action” plan—to remediate any contamination at a World War II-era hospital dump site in Talafofo, Saipan.

The public has until July 20, 2021, to submit comments on the “no action” proposed plan for the Hospital Dump Site hazardous, toxic, and radioactive waste project in Talafofo. The USACE cites a previous study that states that there is “no unacceptable risk to human health or the environment” at the site, hence the “no action” proposal.

The area is what’s called a formerly used defense sites, or FUDS, property subject to environmental restoration, as mandated by Section 211 of the Superfund Amendment and Restoration Act of 1986. The project site is located in Kingfisher Golf Links, on a portion of a property used as a U.S. Navy hospital during World War II.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/comments-sought-on-no-action-plan-for-wwii-era-hospital-dump-in-talafofo/

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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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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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