[CPEO-MEF] Lake City Ammo Plant (MO) cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Lake City cleanup proves difficult


By ROBERT HITE
Blue Springs Examiner (MO)
November 2, 2006

The northeast corner of Lake City is a significantly polluted area on 
the ammunition plant site.

It covers about 240 acres. The area was used for disposal of paint, oil, 
solvents, other chemicals and glass in the 1950s through the 1990s.

Officials with Arcadis, a company working on the cleanup, said Wednesday 
at a public meeting that contamination of some parts of the area may not 
ever be resolved while it may take more than 100 years before a potable 
well can be drilled from some areas.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.examiner.net/stories/110206/new_110206005.shtml

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org


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