[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: Ft. Detrick (MD) monitoring wells

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Fort Detrick to drill wells on Frederick County-owned land to test  
for contamination

By Sherry Greenfield
Frederick News-Gazette (MD)
November 30, 2011

Fort Detrick will begin drilling wells and testing the groundwater on  
several Frederick County-owned properties as part of its ongoing  
efforts to clean up chemical and biological contamination.

The Frederick Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday  
to allow Fort Detrick access to 88 acres of land in the area of  
Montevue Lane and Rosemont Avenue. The area is between the main Army  
base and Area B, the 400-acre piece of property the Army used to  
dispose of chemical, biological and radiological materials from the  
1940s until 1970.

The Frederick County Health Department, the county-owned Montevue  
Assisted Living and Frederick County Animal Control are located on  
Montevue Lane.

“This is a very important piece of property to us,” said Gary Zolyak,  
environmental attorney for Fort Detrick, in an interview Wednesday.  
“We're not expecting any contamination, but we want to know if there  
is contamination making its way from Area B.”

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For the entire article, see
http://www.gazette.net/article/20111130/NEWS/711309101&template=gazette

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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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