2011 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:48:12 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] REUSE: "Where Alameda Point's [CA] cleanup is at year's end"
 
My word: Where Alameda Point's cleanup is at year's end

By Richard Bangert/My Word
Oakland Tribune (CA)
December 29, 2011


The past year had some high points and low points in the cleanup process at Alameda Point. Added delays, including a pile-driving surprise, were balanced out by steady progress.

The year saw, among other things, completion of a second Point-wide radiological survey of buildings and structures that identified two building interiors needing radium remediation, a new soil scan for radium on a section of the western runway area, replacement of a storm drain segment next to the Seaplane Lagoon, and preparation of the environmental document for the Berkeley Lab site, which will be useful whether we get the lab or not.

The contractor preparing to cover the old dump with rocks and soil at the northwest tip of Alameda Point delivered some embarrassing news to the Navy. In the normal course of their duties, work-plan design testing revealed that the shape of part of the contamination did not match the official description. You would think they could just process a work-order change. But the Superfund law requires an additional two-year review process, which will push the completion of this open space opportunity to 2015.

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For the entire column, see
http://www.insidebayarea.com/timesstar/localnews/ci_19640261

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Lenny Siegel
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