[CPEO-MEF] FUDS, CHEMWEAPONS: Spring Valley, DC - Norton says Corps will keep digging

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Norton Tries to Reassure Residents Over Chemical Weapons Cleanup

By Michael E. Ruane
Washington Post
August 20, 2009

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton toured World War I munitions burial sites in 
Northwest Washington on Wednesday and sought to reassure the public that 
the Army Corps of Engineers would continue its search for such materials 
for as long as it takes.

Norton (D-D.C.) was given a status report by the corps, which has been 
directing the $170 million, 16-year cleanup of the munitions that are 
buried in scattered sites in the District's Spring Valley neighborhood.

This month, workers were surprised when they found a flask containing 
residue of the blistering agent mustard buried in the yard of a vacant 
house in the 4800 block of Glenbrook Road NW. Officials said they had 
thought cleanup at that site was almost finished.

Work there has been halted but will resume soon, Norton said as she 
stood across the street Wednesday morning.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/19/AR2009081902423.html?hpid=sec-metro
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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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