[CPEO-MEF] Chamber says military should pay "fair share" in Kansas

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce asks court to order feds to share cleanup cost

Waste News
February 27, 2006

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is calling on the federal government to pay 
"its fair share" to clean up sites contaminated with toxic waste.

National Chamber Litigation Center -- a law firm representing the 
chamber -- filed a brief Feb. 24 in a federal court in Kansas asking the 
court to order the federal government to pay its "fair share" of 
environmental cleanup costs.

The friend of the court brief was filed in the case of Raytheon Aircraft 
Co. v. the United States. In the case, the Environmental Protection 
Agency issued an administrative order requiring Raytheon to clean up 
toxic pollutants at a Kansas airport owned and operated by the U.S. 
military during World War II.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.wastenews.com/headlines2.html?id=1141061925
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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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