Cleanup begins at landfill near Kaneohe

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Cleanup begins at landfill near Kaneohe
By Gidget Fuentes - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Sep 5, 2008 9:56:23 EDT

A patch of old landfill at a military training area south of Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Base in Hawaii will get a new life this fall.

Marine officials will start a $2 million cleanup effort Friday at Bellows Air Field on the island of Oahu.

The site, just less than an acre, was used during the 1940s as a burn pit and solid waste dump, said Maj. Alan Crouch, a spokeswoman for Marine Corps Bases-Hawaii.

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It had received a relatively clean bill of health in a recent environmental investigation, Crouch said. Contaminant levels fell short of federal limits.

But military officials want to reduce erosion along that part of the beach and free more room for amphibious training, Crouch said.


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