[CPEO-IRF] Cleanup to be "tough" at sit in Norco and Corona

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Weapons-facility cleanup tough, officials warn

NORCO: Environmental experts say the military often underestimates the 
cost of decontamination.

By DAVID DANELSKI
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
August 4, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO - If the military follows through with plans to shut down 
its Norco weapons-research center, getting the land ready for civilian 
uses could be a cumbersome, costly and time-consuming endeavor, 
according to environmental officials from three states.

The Department of Defense often underestimates the extent of pollution 
in soil and groundwater and then battles state officials about how much 
contamination the military should clean up, officials said during a 
conference here Wednesday.

"We have found inadequate site characterizations and multiple unknowns," 
Rick Moss, chief of military facilities for California's Department of 
Toxic Substances Control, told the audience of state, federal and 
military environmental cleanup officials.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/breakingnews/local/stories/PE_News_Local_D_toxic04.1881d7b4.html


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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org
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