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From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 17:41:57 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Preston Veterans Memorial School , Preston, Connecticut
 

Environmental crews clean up heating oil spill at Preston school
Students will be drinking bottled water as a precaution Monday


By GREG SMITH
Norwich Bulletin (CT)
Posted Dec 30, 2009 @ 11:53 PM
December 31, 2009

Preston, Conn. - Environmental cleanup crews continued excavation Wednesday at Preston Veterans Memorial School in search of contaminated water and soil from a leak that sent hundreds of gallons of heating oil into the ground.

School Superintendent John Welch said he expects school to reopen as scheduled Monday, but students will be drinking bottled water while the state Department of Environmental Protection continues testing wells in the area and works to remove oil from the septic system. Welch said cooking will be done with bottled water and students will eat off of paper plates to avoid using the dishwashers.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/x1689187174/Environmental-crews-clean-up-heating-oil-spill-at-Preston-school

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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