[CPEO-MEF] New Haven Depot (IN) mercury

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Depot stuck in time warp
Future's in doubt for New Haven metals storage site slated to close by 2009

A Column by Kevin Leininger
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (IN)
March 30, 2006

The sprawling New Haven Depot could have become the only repository for 
4,436 tons of government-owned mercury. But after the February decision 
to move federal mercury stockpiles from New Haven and two other sites to 
Hawthorne, Nev., the 64-year-old depot is considered so obsolete it 
could close within three years.

And that would be just fine with New Haven Mayor Terry McDonald, who 
sees gold in the 268 mostly empty acres once piled with an array of 
other less-precious, but strategically important, metals and materials.

"It's a great facility, and we wouldn't say no if Washington wants to 
give it to New Haven," McDonald said of the depot at 15411 Dawkins Road, 
which stretches for nearly a mile along the highway just east of New 
Haven. "(U.S. 3rd District Rep.) Mark Souder and I have talked about it, 
but he'd like to see it cleaned up first."

Making sure the site is free of contamination is one of several things 
that must happen before it is turned over for civilian use, according to 
John Olszewski, who manages the depot for the Defense National Stockpile 
Center.

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For the entire column, see
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/fortwayne/news/local/14222587.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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