[CPEO-MEF] Devens landfill

["lsiegel@cpeo.org" <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army's landfill plan not halting arsenic plume

By Nathan Lamb
Harvard Hillside (MA)
October 6, 2004

SHIRLEY -- The Army and environmental authorities agree that arsenic
leaching from Shepley's Hill at Devens towards Plow Shop Pond and West Main
Street in Ayer is a major problem.

They just haven't agreed on the best way to fix it.

While the Army thought it had contained the former landfill's contaminants
when a high-density polyurethane cap was installed on the site in the early
90s, it has since been discovered that portions of that cap are leaking and
arsenic-laced groundwater has migrated north toward the town and waters
which feed Plow Shop Pond.

In response, the Army has turned to its contingency plans for an answer.

That process took center stage at the recent Restoration Advisory Board
meeting in Shirley, where members of the Army Base Realignment and Closure
(BRAC) Environmental Office met with the DEP, EPA, and concerned residents
to review the new measures BRAC plans to utilize at Shepley's Hill.

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for the entire article, see
http://www.harvardhillside.com/Stories/0,1413,108~5342~2449155,00.html

-- 
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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