[CPEO-MEF] CHEMWEAPONS, FORMER SITES: Spring Valley (DC) house to be demolished

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Army Cleanup Will Wind Up Demolishing House on Glenbrook Road

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is recommending tearing down a  
Spring Valley home to identify and remove World War I-era munitions  
and chemicals feared to be buried beneath it.  Since 2000, the Army  
Corps has removed more than 500 munitions items, 400 pounds of  
laboratory glassware and more than 100 tons of soil contaminated with  
arsenic and other hazardous substances from 4825 Glenbrook Road,  
officials said ... In 1918, 4825 Glenbrook Road was a dumpsite for  
chemical and explosive munitions and related debris; officials  
believe a pit was disturbed when the home was built, scattering that  
material throughout the property.  The Army is now proposing to clean  
up whatever it finds beneath the home to a depth of 12 feet, spending  
an estimated $12.5 million to restore the site to residential standards.

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For the the Northwest Current article, see
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JLSJ_-Mkiac/TkbuznxPFuI/AAAAAAAALS0/ 
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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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