[CPEO-MEF] CLEANUP: Tyndall Air Force Base (FL) Elementary School

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Soil Clean-up at Tyndall to Take Longer Than Expected

WMBB-TV News 13 (Panama City, FL)
August 11, 2009


Tyndall AFB, Fla:

Additional soil sampling and soil removal necessary to meet state and 
exceed federal environmental standards at Tyndall Elementary School will 
require the soil cleanup to take longer than originally projected.

In late May, Tyndall’s Environmental Flight collected soil samples in 
and around the schoolyard as a part of the Military Munitions Response 
Program. Results of these samples showed potentially hazardous lead 
levels in certain areas at the school which were above acceptable 
residential levels.

While historic studies conducted in the area had indicated no health 
hazards associated with these contaminants, Brig. Gen. Darryl Roberson, 
325th Fighter Wing Commander, directed, as a precautionary measure, that 
the schoolyard be cleared of all such contamination. Tyndall Elementary 
School was constructed on the site of a WWII aerial gunner school 
training range.

...

For the entire story, see
http://www.panhandleparade.com/index.php/mbb/article/soil_clean-up_at_tyndall_to_take_longer_than_expected/mbb7718235/print


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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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