2007 CPEO Installation Reuse Forum Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 6 Mar 2007 17:15:19 -0000
Reply: cpeo-irf
Subject: [CPEO-IRF] Lowry Air Force Base (CO) asbestos ruling
 
Air Force must clean asbestos at Lowry

By John Rebchook
Rocky Mountain News (CO)
March 6, 2007

The U.S. Court of Federal Claims this week held that the U.S.Air Force was liable to homebuilders who had cleaned up asbestos contamination at the former Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, the Denver law firm of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck said today.

The firm described the victory as one of national importance, because it said it was the first judicial decision in the country interpreting Section 330 of the National Defense Authorization Act. The court held that this section provides a broad indemnity from the military to parties who purchase former military properties for all costs incurred as a result of environmental contamination caused by the military's historic activities on the property.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5398298,00.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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