[CPEO-MEF] WETLANDS, DISPOSAL: Hamilton Field (CA) soil storage

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Bel Marin Keys residents remain leery of plan to clean up toxic soil

Richard Halstead
Marin Independent Journal (CA)
January 18, 2010

Soil contaminated with lead, dioxin, petroleum and other dangerous 
chemicals will be stockpiled farther from Bel Marin Keys homes than 
previously thought.

About 90,000 cubic yards of soil will be stored temporarily about a mile 
south of the Bel Marin Keys homes until it can be determined how much of 
it is so toxic that it needs to be hauled away to a hazardous waste 
landfill. The soil cleanup is part of an $11 million U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers project to convert the former Hamilton Air Force Base's rifle 
range and skeet shooting area, a 270-acre parcel known as the North 
Antenna Field, into wetlands.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_14220454

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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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