[CPEO-MEF] Quarry perchlorate

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DEP awaiting results of Tresca water tests

By Carrie Simmons
Westford Eagle (MA)
October 20, 2004


Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection officials expect to
know by next week if perchlorate is migrating off the Tresca Brothers
Sand & Gravel site, according to according to Ed Coletta, a DEP
spokesman. 

The DEP received permission to go onto the property from one of the
property owners without having to take legal action, according to
Coletta, and took samples of standing water Monday. The state agency
does not plan to put in monitoring wells, Coletta said. 

The DEP also said it would re-test the quarry pond where perchlorate was
detected at 819 parts per billion, along with the private on Emily Way
which tested at a level of more than 500 parts per billion. 

...

for the entire article, see
http://www2.townonline.com/westford/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=108397

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Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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