[CPEO-MEF] Groton Naval Submarine Base (CT)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Navy Plans To Focus On Heavily Polluted Area At Submarine Base

By Jennifer Grogan
New London Day (CT)
October 24, 2007

Groton - The Navy will soon try to clean up what environmental experts 
are calling one of the most contaminated areas at the Naval Submarine Base.

"I've never seen quite the mix of chemicals I did right there," said 
Dick Conant, deputy director of the base's environmental division.

Conant was referring to the sediments in the Thames River containing 
heavy metals; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), a byproduct of 
petroleum; and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), chlorinated compounds 
used as coolants and lubricants in electrical equipment.

To get off the federal Superfund list of the nation's most polluted 
sites, where it has been since 1990, the Groton base must clean up 
several sites, including an area along the waterfront known as the lower 
base, where most of the industrial activity takes place and the 
submarines are berthed.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=01e59b5f-73fc-493d-a147-bdff8032a1c0

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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