NAVY DISCLAIMS GP PLUME!

I'm currently studying a TCE plume that is extending out underground from Cottonwood Bay* at the Dallas Naval Air Station into a residential area where over 400 people live. This is very interesting because the Navy and the Texas Railroad Commission agree that the Navy is not responsible for this costly and potentially dangerous contamination. The environmental study corp which has held a Region 6 Superfund contract from 2006 (and will hold it until 2011) also agrees the responsible party is unknown.
While this plume is said to not be immediately dangerous because of the clay on top of it, this is quite a lesson for the average citizen-in terms of responsibility for pollution. We see how entities work together and support/pay one another...and have control of the facts. I'm glad we can all trust the Navy to tell us what they did wrong and what was not their fault.
Now I wonder what will happen to this residential area, which by the way, is in Grand Prairie around 15th St. (That is, I did wonder until I just found a govt documemt saying "no furthur action to be taken"!)
Apparently, the area is considered safe now, but for how long? And who is responsible if and when action needs to be taken?
EPA has available a 1,700 page report on this worrisome community situation which includes maps, charts, field notes, receipts, and much info about the flora and fauna of Texas, and diseases caused by seemingly every Navy contaminant known to man! You might want to request a copy of the report. If so, happy holiday reading, reasoning, and seeking the truth.

*If you are not familiar with Cottonwood Bay (or Lake), it is the most contaminated part of the Naval Air Station. Decades of chemical run-off, chemical dumping, fuel spills, etc., from Navy and aircraft manufacturing activities have caused the toxic soup. The TCE plume in question extends in groundwater out from this bay - on a map. The question is, in reality, did the Navy pollution cause the plume? The official answer is presently no. More info to come....