[CPEO-MEF] Tallevast (FL) plume growing - Lockheed Martin/Amertican Beryllium

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Tallevast plume growing, tests find

DONNA WRIGHT
Bradenton Herald (FL)
January 21, 2006


TALLEVAST - An independent consultant has confirmed that the Tallevast
plume extends nearly to U.S. 301.

"We have confirmed that the plume stretches throughout Tallevast and
beyond and has reached three different aquifer zones," said Michael
Graves, a geologist with Environmental Sciences & Technologies Inc.

Moreover, the plume may be moving more rapidly than previously thought.

Graves' firm was selected by the resident advocacy group Family
Community United Strong (FOCUS) and its technical consultant Timothy
Varney to run independent tests on private drinking water and irrigation
wells and sample soil taken from residents' yards.

Lockheed Martin Corp., which is responsible for cleaning up the plume,
paid the $95,000 bill for Graves' analysis.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/13677009.htm

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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
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