Navy bars leasing near Naples

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Navy bars leasing near Naples
By Sandra Jontz, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Thursday, November 13, 2008

NAPLES, Italy — U.S. Navy officials have put four towns temporarily off-limits to new rental leases because water tests turned up the presence of contaminants.

However, Americans already living in those towns will not be forced to move out, Navy officials said.

On Wednesday, the Navy announced a "New Lease Suspension Zone" policy, which states that personnel will not be able to move into homes in the three "zones," which were identified as potentially unsafe because of higher-than-acceptable levels of volatile organic compounds, Navy officials said. VOCs are usually byproducts of industrial cleaning solvents.

The three zones include the towns of Villa Literno, Casal di Principe, Marcianise and Arzano. Roughly 300 Americans live in the zones.

Additionally, the Navy announced that residents living in 11 homes in Casal di Principe are being required to move after tests uncovered unacceptable levels of VOCs in the town’s drinking water.


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