From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Sun, 16 Dec 2012 13:21:44 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Former Cunningham carriage factory, Rochester, NY |
Remediation at Shepley's Hill focus of meeting By M.E. Jones Nashoba Publishing (MA) December 14, 2012DEVENS -- Remediation of the old Shepley's Hill Landfill "superfund" site in Devens, where test wells detected high levels of arsenic, has been ongoing for some time and at no small cost, according to the United States Army, which is doing the work, with most goals reportedly met or in progress and a wrap-up plan in the works. But entities involved in the project and/or its outcome- including the U.S. Army, The Federal Environmental Protection Agency the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and the Town of Ayer - are not on the same page in terms of punch list items, the Army's pull-out plans or even the to-do list. Basically, the groups are at odds about the scope of arsenic clean up and whether it's feasible to restore contaminated ground water to drinking water quality, a notion the Army apparently considers impractical and unnecessary. ... For the entire article, seehttp://www.nashobapublishing.com/harvard_news/ci_22192082/remediation- at-shepleys-hill-focus-meeting ... For the entire article, see http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20121215/NEWS01/312150055 -- 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 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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