[CPEO-MEF] Former Nebraska Ordnance Plant

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Homeowner near Mead Superfund site calls for investigation 

Associated Press (Sioux City Journal)
December 28, 2004


LINCOLN, Neb.  -- A homeowner near a former bomb factory being cleaned
up because of groundwater and soil contamination is calling for a
federal investigation, alleging that she and others were lied to about
recent tests of drinking water.

In a letter sent Monday to U.S. Sens. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., and Chuck
Hagel, R-Neb., Janet Piercy of Ashland claims the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers lied at a November meeting about testing results of wells near
the former Nebraska Ordnance Plant near Mead southwest of Omaha.

The woman's attorney, Lynn Moorer, obtained documents from the state
Department of Environmental Quality showing that eight chemicals or
chemical compounds were discovered in four of 30 water wells tested in
October. 

But the corps told residents at a Nov. 30 meeting that tests of 37 wells
showed no detectable contamination, Moorer said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2004/12/28/news/regional/c836dc85398756ab86256f78001ac5a5.txt


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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>
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