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Berkeley Lab Site Environmental Plan Released

November 21, 2011

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The Site Management Plan (SMP) for the proposed site of the Berkeley Lab Second Campus at Alameda Point was finalized on November 18.  Prepared by the city’s longtime environmental consultant, and signed off on by the Navy and regulatory agencies, the document was prepared in order to mitigate potential risks associated with development of the [...]

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Cleaning Up Jet Fuel at Building 5

October 21, 2011

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Tanker trucks sucking jet fuel out of the ground next to Building 5.  Looking northwest.

Background The Navy has three cleanup programs at Alameda Point:  Superfund, Petroleum, and Radiological.  The Petroleum Program takes care of underground concentrations of petroleum, mostly jet fuel, and is organized by corrective action areas.  One such area outside Building 5 made it onto the calendar this year. Dumping jet fuel – Building 5, the largest [...]

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