[CPEO-MEF] FUDS: Benicia Arsenal (CA) - consultancy decision postponed

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Benicia postpones Arsenal decision

By Tony Burchyns
Vallejo Times-Herald (CA)
January 6, 2010


BENICIA -- As a February meeting between the city, other Arsenal 
property owners and the Justice Department creeps closer, the City 
Council has again postponed hiring a cleanup consultant.

After several delays, council members late Tuesday night further delayed 
hiring ERS Inc., an environmental risk management firm well versed in 
managing and securing funding for military base cleanups.

...

The 3,000-acre former Army base closed in 1963. The state has pressured 
the Department of Defense to perform further cleanup work for years, but 
the Army claims others also may bear responsibility for Arsenal 
contamination, including private industries.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_17025374

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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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