[CPEO-IRF] Joliet Arsenal (IL) cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Arsenal cleanup nearly done


By KIM SMITH
Joliet Herald News (IL)
September 9, 2007

WILMINGTON -- One big dirty job is only weeks away from completion and 
eight years ahead of schedule.

It is the cleanup of the former Joliet Army Ammunition Plant properties, 
or the Joliet Arsenal as some call it. The property was heavily 
contaminated due to the bomb making that once took place there.

On Wednesday night, a group of about 15 area volunteers known as the 
Joliet Army Ammunition Plant Advisory Restoration Board thought they 
were having their last meeting. A check of the bylaws revealed that the 
meeting was something like the second to the last meeting. The group 
cannot officially disband until the U.S. Army officially signs over all 
the properties owed to the U.S. Forest Service.

"That will take about a year," said Art Holz, site manager for the project.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/548527,4_1_JO09_RABDISBANDS_S1.article

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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