2006 CPEO Installation Reuse Forum Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 1 Feb 2006 22:09:25 -0000
Reply: cpeo-irf
Subject: [CPEO-IRF] Kelly Air Force Base (TX) contamination
 
Bad news bearers

State, fed agencies seem unfazed by troubling Kelly reports

By Lisa Sorg
San Antonio Current (TX)
February 1, 2006

When you sift through the hundreds of pages of numbers and the long chemical names, the situation at Kelly Air Force Base boils down to this: The water, dirt, and fish in Leon Creek are contaminated with toxic chemicals. The Air Force's incomplete data is hampering an independent consultant's ability to evaluate how military contractors are cleaning up the former base and the residential neighborhood that abuts it. And, at this rate, a complete cleanup is decades away.

In January, biochemist Wilma Subra and civil engineer Patrick Lynch delivered sobering presentations about the ongoing cleanup of contamination at Kelly. [See related story, "Report bears little good news for Kelly cleanup," January 4-10, 2006.] The presentations were part of a meeting of the Kelly Air Force Restoration Advisory Board, which hired consultants Subra and Lynch to review the military's data. Members of the RAB, as it's known, include residents from the affected community, scientists, and an Air Force representative. Staff from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Environmental Protection Agency also attend the meetings.

Among the many issues the RAB faces are the chemicals found in Leon Creek, which are the same as were used at Kelly when it was a military base. While TCEQ's Mark Weeger said the fish could have been contaminated elsewhere and migrated to the creek, Subra noted that, "Kelly is the biggest elephant around."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16040398&BRD=2318&PAG=461&dept_id=484045&rfi=6

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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