[CPEO-MEF] GROUNDWATER: South Weymouth (MA) cleanup dispute

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Little movement in SouthField debate on cleanup


By Christian Schiavone
Quincy Patriot Ledger (MA)
September 8, 2011

WEYMOUTH - The deadline for a deal to sell Navy-owned land to the  
developers of SouthField is approaching, but debate continues over  
whether the Navy is trying to shirk prior commitments to clean up the  
land.
On one side, town councilors say the Navy has backed away from its  
promise to completely remove contamination from the site before  
turning the land over to be developed.

On the other, the federal Environmental Protection Agency and members  
of a citizens’ watchdog group say they see no reason for concern.

The Navy and South Shore Tri-Town Development Corp., the organization  
overseeing redevelopment of the former base, have agreed to a  
tentative deal to transfer about 900 acres of land for $25 million.  
The deadline to finalize that deal is Nov. 15.

Town Councilor Brian McDonald, who first raised the issue last month,  
said the Navy has long promised to fully clean the base. But the Navy  
now says it does not plan to clean groundwater to drinking water  
standards at 12 acres of the site.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.patriotledger.com/topstories/x227168134/Little-movement-in- 
SouthField-debate-on-cleanup

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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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