Environmental Restoration Program to hold public meeting April 18

Contact: David Lyons, davidlyons@lanl.gov, (505) 665-9198

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LOS ALAMOS, N.M., April 12, 2001 -- Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Environmental Restoration (ER) will host an open house and introductory presentation regarding the inactive landfill at the Los Alamos County Airport Wednesday (April 18) from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in Fuller Lodge.

A brief overview of five airport potential release sites will be presented. The overview will focus on the landfill areas and scheduled upcoming work.

Potential release sites are suspected of having the potential to release contaminants into the environment. PRSs include solid waste management areas, some hazardous waste sites, and other areas of concern.

A poster display also will highlight the PRSs related to the upcoming corrective action at the airport landfill and associated hillsides, and will illustrate the types of debris to be encountered.

Fuller Lodge is located at 2132 Central Ave in Los Alamos.

The ER Project public Web site is located at http://erproject.lanl.gov online.

For more information, contact Carmen M. Rodriguez at 665-6770 or write to carmenr@lanl.gov by electronic mail.

Los Alamos National Laboratory is operated by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.

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