COTTONWOOD BAY-HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON?

I learned today that the Navy has not done as much on lake clean-up as I believed. Contaminated soil/sediment in and around Cottonwood Bay (the worst part of the Naval Air Station toxic area) is yet to be consolidated and topped with a cap. The soil , when buried, will be left forever on site. Who will watch over the way this is done? How will we know chemicals can't seep or migrate into the "clean" areas-or would it really matter? Will everything be left somewhat tainted? Felllow citizens, this land is being readied for take-over by its new owner. Who is the new owner? I must admit that I am curious. Better get the cap on quickly!

Postscript: A spokesman from TCEQ kindly called today and said most of the clean-up is being done to a residential standard.* I pictured things differently; but that was a positive, hopeful word. Perhaps the question is: What are the successes and what problems remain? On balance, is the land and water safe for daily human use? (Residential standard may be the goal of the NAS, but NWIRP has been cleaned to industrial standards only.)

*The reports I've read on this base and similar ones around the country suggest the most contaminated area -usually 25% of total area plus groudwater - is cleaned up much later that the other 75%. When "some" is cleaned to residential standard, that means the part that could be cleaned. Some areas cannot be remediated and are left "as is"... a long time.