[CPEO-MEF] PCBs, CONTRACTORS: Goodyear Airdock, Akron (OH)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[The Goodyear Airdock is the slightly larger twin of Hangar One at 
Moffett Field, so it's no surprise that PCBs from the hangar have been 
found in downstream sediment. - LS]


Polluted ditch cleanup planned; project to remove soil with PCBs near 
airdock

By Bob Downing
Akron Beacon Journal
May 27, 2009

Lockheed Martin is preparing to clean up contaminated sediment and soils 
from a drainage ditch in southeast Akron.

The $8 million voluntary cleanup will remove soils and sediments from 
Haley's Ditch near the former Goodyear Airdock.

About 1,800 feet of the ditch are polluted with polychlorinated 
biphenyls (PCBs) that washed off the airdock.

The structure was built in 1929 using material coated with a 
fire-retardant substance that contains PCBs. Dust particles fell from 
the building to the ground and rain washed it into Haley's Ditch.

PCBs - a class of 209 oil-based chemicals used primarily as coolants and 
lubricants in electrical equipment - were banned in the late 1970s 
because of health concerns.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.ohio.com/news/46278352.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>
http://www.cpeo.org



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