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Toxic cleanup work begins at Beale
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/base-121541-water-beale.htmlToxic cleanup work begins at Beale
December 03, 2012 11:42:00 PM
Work has begun to clean a hazardous substance in the water and soil near Beale Air Force Base, but just as it took years to become a problem, it will be years before it's fixed.
Charlotte Fadipe, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Toxic Substances Control, said in an email the cleanup of chlorinated hydrocarbons and petroleum hydrocarbons could take 30 years to finish.
"The Air Force has awarded an eight-year Performance-Based Remediation contract to allow for Beale AFB to continue the cleanup and implement its final cleanup agreements," Fadipe said in the email.
State officials have previously said one substance in need of cleanup is a solvent called tricholoroethylene, which was in common use on the base during World War II and the 1950s, but mostly fallen out of favor since then.
unhappycamper comment: This is on the heels of all the water problems at Camp Lejuene. The Air Force has done the same thing at Otis AFB on cape Cod.