[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL: U.S. Coast Guard, Cape Christian (Canada)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Old U.S. Coast Guard site to be cleaned up

Kassina Ryder
Northern News Services
August 12, 2008

Kangiqtugaapik/Clyde River - The cleanup of a contaminated site near 
Clyde River is set to begin this fall, according to Natalie Plato, 
director of contaminated sites for Indian and Northern Affairs Canada 
(INAC).

Cape Christian is an abandoned United States Coast Guard (USCG) site 
about 16 km northeast of Clyde River. The USCG left the location in 1974.

PCBs and asbestos are both on the list of contaminates found at the 
site, as well as heavy metals such as lead and chromium, according to a 
background document from INAC. While some of the materials to be removed 
from Cape Christian are in the form of old buildings and scrap metal, 
much of the contamination is from chemicals that have leaked into the 
soil. Approximately 460 cubic metres of soil contains PCBs and heavy 
metals while another 1,700 square metres is contaminated with oil.



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For the entire article, see
http://nnsl.com/northern-news-services/stories/papers/aug12_08chr-nun.html

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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