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With no relocation, Tallevast disappointed - Bradenton.com - 0 views

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    Lockheed: Decision based on 'commitment to restore the environmental conditions in the Tallevast community' TALLEVAST - Tallevast residents Thursday voiced their disappointment with the decision by Lockheed Martin Corp. officials to not to relocate the community. Ray Johnson, vice president and chief technical officer for Lockheed, said the decision was based on the company's "commitment to restore the environmental conditions in the Tallevast community, and the fact that relocation would be inconsistent with that commitment." But residents said only cleaning up the pollution left by a former beryllium plan would not solve their problems.
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    Lockheed: Decision based on 'commitment to restore the environmental conditions in the Tallevast community' TALLEVAST - Tallevast residents Thursday voiced their disappointment with the decision by Lockheed Martin Corp. officials to not to relocate the community. Ray Johnson, vice president and chief technical officer for Lockheed, said the decision was based on the company's "commitment to restore the environmental conditions in the Tallevast community, and the fact that relocation would be inconsistent with that commitment." But residents said only cleaning up the pollution left by a former beryllium plan would not solve their problems.
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Lockheed decides not to relocate Tallevast residents - Breaking News - Bradenton.com - 0 views

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    A vice president of Lockheed Martin Corp. said today the company will not pay for the relocation of Tallevast residents dealing with a chemical contamination problem. Ray Johnson, vice president and chief technical officer for Lockheed, said the decision was based on the corporation's "commitment to restore the environmental conditions in the Tallevast community, and the fact that relocation would be inconsistent with that commitment." Johnson met with the community advocacy group FOCUS and its attorneys to relate the company's position and to present plans for a new community center. FOCUS was formed after it was discovered in 2000 that the groundwater of this community of mostly black residents was contaminated with the toxic waste left behind from an old beryllium plant on Tallevast Road.
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    A vice president of Lockheed Martin Corp. said today the company will not pay for the relocation of Tallevast residents dealing with a chemical contamination problem. Ray Johnson, vice president and chief technical officer for Lockheed, said the decision was based on the corporation's "commitment to restore the environmental conditions in the Tallevast community, and the fact that relocation would be inconsistent with that commitment." Johnson met with the community advocacy group FOCUS and its attorneys to relate the company's position and to present plans for a new community center. FOCUS was formed after it was discovered in 2000 that the groundwater of this community of mostly black residents was contaminated with the toxic waste left behind from an old beryllium plant on Tallevast Road.
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Bradenton.com | 04/29/2008 | Tallevast cancer study one step closer - 0 views

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    TALLEVAST -- One month after concerned community leaders asked for a cancer study, state and local health officials visited Tallevast on Monday to start preliminary plans. The state's quick response gives Tallevast hope their concerns will be heard, said Laura Ward, president of FOCUS, an advocacy group for residents. Tallevast residents believe the high numbers of cancers and neurological disorders in their community are linked to contamination traced back to a former beryllium plant. Now known to cover more than 200 acres, the toxic waste includes industrial chemicals known to cause cancer and other illnesses.
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Tallevast toxic plume still haunts: Residents wait for Lockheed's clean-up plan - Top S... - 0 views

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    That's how much time has passed since Lockheed Martin Corp. discovered an underground plume of toxic waste beneath an old beryllium plant it owned in Tallevast. And nearly a year has passed since Lockheed submitted its revised clean-up plan to state environmentalists, claiming it would take more than a half-century to clean up the spill. TIFFANY TOMPKINS-CONDIE/ttompkins@bradenton.com Tallevast Road through the small community greatly affected by the dangerous chemicals released from the old beryllium plant. Buy it: Order this photo now Buy it: Order this photo now Buy it: Order this photo now Buy it: Order this photo now Buy it: Order this photo now Buy it: Order this photo now CLICK FOR MORE PHOTOS * * * * * * * Tallevast * Tallevast Special Section While limited clean-up of the beryllium plant campus is under way, the final clean-up plan still awaits state approval. The Department of Environmental Protection has sent Lockheed back to the drawing boards three times in the past nine months with requests for more information and modification.
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Lockheed agrees to temporarily relocate Tallevast families - Bradenton.com - 0 views

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    Lockheed Martin Corp. will temporarily relocate any family or individual in Tallevast who wants to leave town while two buildings that sit on a contamination spill are dismantled, company spokesman Tom Greer announced Wednesday. So far, 35 households have asked to be relocated and Lockheed is paying to move them into local hotels that offer extended stay accommodations, Greer said. Greer estimated that the dismantling of the two buildings should be complete by Christmas, and then the families are expected to return to their Tallevast homes. The contamination has been traced back to a spill at the former Loral American Beryllium plant at 1600 Tallevast Road
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Tallevast citizens wary of park planned atop pollution | HeraldTribune.com | Sarasota F... - 0 views

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    An artist's design for a new community park in Tallevast depicts an idyllic green space where children can shoot hoops and play baseball, and families can picnic by a small lake. Contamination may be too close for comfort at the site The plan, however, does not show that the park will sit atop groundwater polluted with chemicals known to increase the likelihood of kidney and liver cancer, leukemia and lymphoma. Lockheed Martin officials say the park can be built before the cleanup of 200 acres of polluted groundwater traced to a former weapons plant on Tallevast Road.
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    An artist's design for a new community park in Tallevast depicts an idyllic green space where children can shoot hoops and play baseball, and families can picnic by a small lake. Contamination may be too close for comfort at the site The plan, however, does not show that the park will sit atop groundwater polluted with chemicals known to increase the likelihood of kidney and liver cancer, leukemia and lymphoma. Lockheed Martin officials say the park can be built before the cleanup of 200 acres of polluted groundwater traced to a former weapons plant on Tallevast Road.
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Bradenton.com | 06/28/2008 | Galvano proposes mediation for Tallevast - 0 views

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    TALLEVAST -- Rep. Bill Galvano wants all parties involved in the Tallevast contamination dispute to talk, unencumbered by legal actions. "This matter has lingered for far too long despite everyone's efforts to bring it to some sort of resolution," Galvano wrote in a letter mailed Friday to attorneys representing Tallevast residents and Lockheed Martin Corp., responsible for cleaning up a toxic spill beneath the community.
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Tallevast cleanup may take 50 years | HeraldTribune.com | Sarasota Florida | Southwest ... - 0 views

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    Residents in Tallevast will have to live with contaminated ground water for almost 50 years, according to a revised cleanup plan submitted to the state by Lockheed Martin. But the aerospace giant, which is responsible for cleaning up the pollution in this small southern Manatee County community, hopes that the majority of the contaminants will be cleaned up in five years. A previous plan estimated the cleanup could take 100 years. Lockheed is planning to build a new, larger water treatment facility on the site of the former beryllium plant on Tallevast Road that caused the contamination.
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Judge to decide Tallevast class action question - Tallevast - BradentonHerald.com - 0 views

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    "A judge heard the closing arguments Friday on whether a lawsuit against Lockheed Martin Corp. should be expanded into a class action. Circuit Court Judge Jannette Dunnigan said she will rule at a later date on the request of the four plaintiffs who are asking her to establish a medical monitoring system and to open it up to a class action lawsuit. The case heard Thursday is one of several lawsuits filed against Lockheed claiming personal injury and property damage from the exposure to the chemical beryllium. Lockheed purchased the former Loral American Beryllium plant at 1600 Tallevast Road and the lawsuits claim the corporation is responsible for damages."
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Bradenton.com | Tallevast death sets off autopsy struggle - 0 views

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    The death of a Tallevast resident has set off a struggle between the family, the county, the health department, the medical examiner's office and Manatee Memorial Hospital over an autopsy. Bobby Pitts, 54, died Sunday at Manatee Memorial Hospital after a weeklong battle with an infection that required surgery, according to family. Pitts was the son of Zasu Pitts and lived with his mother in a house that sits right next to the old beryllium plant that is the source of a 200-acre toxic underground spill beneath Tallevast.
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Tallevast residents voice toxic cleanup frustration - Tallevast - BradentonHerald.com - 0 views

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    "Residents of this historic southern Manatee County community voiced their discontent and lack of confidence Wednesday in a proposed 50-year plan to clean up contaminated groundwater under their homes. At a meeting in the Mount Tabor Missionary Baptist Church on Tallevast Road, more than 50 residents gathered to hear representatives of the Lockheed Martin Corp. explain the Remedial Action Plan submitted to Florida environmental regulators. When Doug Foster, a consultant with the engineering firm Camp Dresser & McKee, hired to develop the plan, flashed a slide indicating the plan would take at least 50 years, the audience began to rumble and snicker. "
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Lockheed's Tallevast plans fall on angry ears - Top Stories - Bradenton.com - 0 views

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    Anger and frustration erupted at Mount Tabor Church Thursday night as residents demanded Lockheed Martin Corp. stop work on the Tallevast pollution plume until the community is moved out of harm's way. But relocation was not on the agenda of the meeting Lockheed called to brief the community on its final plan to clean up the 200-acre plume of toxic waste.
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Bradenton.com | Residents doubt Tallevast safety plan - 0 views

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    Lockheed Martin Corp. announced Friday night its timetable for the cleanup of the Tallevast pollution plume could be cut almost in half, but failed once again to calm the fears of neighborhood residents who believe the project is putting them at risk.
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Lockheed makes amends with Tallevast residents | HeraldTribune.com | Southwest Florida'... - 0 views

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    For the last week, home for Brenda Pickney and her family has been a nondescript hotel room close to the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport. Getting laundry done and sorting out evening meals is difficult, she says. Her 10-year-old son Kelvin misses his toys and books. The Pickneys are one of about 35 Tallevast families who took Lockheed Martin's offer to move into hotels while the company demolishes two buildings at a former plant that used the metal beryllium to make parts for nuclear warheads.
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Bradenton.com | 08/05/2008 | Tallevast family continues fight for autopsy - 0 views

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    Eight days after Bobby Pitts died at Manatee Memorial Hospital, his body still lies in the morgue while his family tries to get local or state officials to approve an autopsy. An autopsy is critical, his family says, to gauging the health risks of a contamination spill threatening Tallevast. But Manatee County Medical Examiner Dr. Russell Vega says he has no authority to do an autopsy.
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Lockheed admits Tallevast water spill traced to unapproved pipe - Local - Bradenton.com - 0 views

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    Lockheed Martin Corp. has acknowledged it installed the wrong pipe in a water treatment system that leaked Aug. 3, spilling more than 5,000 gallons of contaminated water. Moreover, the spill penetrated soil up to 30 feet away from the treatment system used to clean toxic groundwater from the source of the Tallevast plume, according to an incident report Lockheed filed as required with state regulators on Friday.
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HeraldTribune.com - Tallevast residents balk at cleanup plan - 0 views

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    MANATEE COUNTY - Buildings No. 4 and 5 at 1600 Tallevast Road were once a central part of the former American Beryllium Co. plant where local workers built parts that were used to make weapons. One building served as a wood-working shop and inspection room. The other housed a waste-water treatment system and was used to store hazardous materials.
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Lockheed fined $50K for spill - Local - Bradenton.com - 0 views

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    State regulators have fined Lockheed Martin Corp. nearly $50,000 for violating Florida environmental laws when an estimated 5,000 gallons of untreated wastewater was released Aug. 3 from the company's on-site pump and treat system in Tallevast. The pump and treat system was cleaning contaminated groundwater from the source of Tallevast's plume. Toxic waste was found 25 feet away from the pumping system. The contamination penetrated the soil to a depth of six feet in the spill area, according to the Department of Environmental Protection.
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Bradenton.comm | Tallevast water treatment leaks - 0 views

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    Polluted water in a treatment system leaked and filled secondary containment before residents of the beleaguered neighborhood said they heard and saw it pouring over the top onto the ground Sunday.
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Village's Residents Live on Deadly Turf | TheLedger.com - 0 views

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    TALLEVAST | In this deeply rooted village in Southwest Florida, it's not unusual to find generations of the same family living doors apart. Now these lifelong settlers are bracing for their hamlet to die. The water in this black community tucked between Bradenton and Sarasota is poisoned with cancer-causing chemicals leaked from an old beryllium plant that anchors the neighborhood of 80 homes.
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