2006 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 9 Nov 2006 03:41:20 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Nebraska (Mead) Ordnance Plant
 
EPA wants to dig up, ship out ordnance-plant waste

BY ALGIS J. LAUKAITIS
Lincoln Journal Star (NE)
November 8, 2006

Mead-area residents and the general public are invited to a meeting tonight to discuss how to clean up radioactive and other hazardous waste at the University of Nebraska Agricultural Research and Development Center on the outskirts of town.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing two possible solutions: Dig up the waste, separate it, and ship it to several facilities for proper disposal, or leave it in place with a protective cap or cover and monitor it for many years.

Depending on which option the federal agency chooses, the cost could range from $5.7 million to $7.5 million.

EPA says its preference is to dig up the buried waste, separate it and transport it off site.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2006/11/08/local/doc455155e240edf978742833.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> http://www.cpeo.org


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