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What's going on near the beach?
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 | No comments posted.
Q: At the northeast end of Bastendorff Beach Park are some large mounds covered with tarps. It looks like it's on the tribal land below the cliff. We saw surveyors there a few weeks ago. Is this some contaminated soil? It's roped off with the yellow crime scene tape.
A: The "crime scene" in question is tribal land that is being cleaned up by the military. Bob Garcia, chairman of the tribal council of the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, said that when the Coos Head property was transferred to the tribe around 2005, the federal government promised to clean it up. It continues to do so.
He explained there are two sites with contaminated soil, including an old Naval skeet range containing lead shot and possibly other materials.
"This is just part of the cleaning up and part of the transfer of the property," Garcia said. "The federal government has the obligation to clean up this property to residential standards."
The contaminated soil has been scraped up, will be tested by the Department of Environmental Quality, and then will be disposed of at a site designed for that, he said. Garcia added he believes the disposal site is in Monmouth.
"It's a normal procedure," he said.
The land was part of a naval station. The U.S. Navy continues to control property on the bluff.
Garcia said he hopes the cleanup will be completed this year.
A: The "crime scene" in question is tribal land that is being cleaned up by the military. Bob Garcia, chairman of the tribal council of the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, said that when the Coos Head property was transferred to the tribe around 2005, the federal government promised to clean it up. It continues to do so.
He explained there are two sites with contaminated soil, including an old Naval skeet range containing lead shot and possibly other materials.
"This is just part of the cleaning up and part of the transfer of the property," Garcia said. "The federal government has the obligation to clean up this property to residential standards."
The contaminated soil has been scraped up, will be tested by the Department of Environmental Quality, and then will be disposed of at a site designed for that, he said. Garcia added he believes the disposal site is in Monmouth.
"It's a normal procedure," he said.
The land was part of a naval station. The U.S. Navy continues to control property on the bluff.
Garcia said he hopes the cleanup will be completed this year.
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