[CPEO-MEF] Defense Department questions Massachusetts' proposed perchlorate standard

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State's perchlorate plan too strict, Pentagon says

By AMANDA LEHMERT
Cape Cod Times
May 13, 2006

BOSTON - Pentagon officials objected to the state's proposed drinking 
water safety standard for the chemical perchlorate yesterday, saying it 
offers an unwarranted extra level of safety

A letter from Navy environmental program manager Andrew Stackpole was 
received by state environmental regulators on the last day of a 
month-long comment period on the proposed 2 parts per billion drinking 
water and hazardous waste cleanup standards. The Defense Department 
supports a 24.5 parts per billion standard.

Stackpole also argued that the state should justify its assumption that 
only 20 percent of perchlorate ingestion will come from water, rather 
than a higher percentage.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/statexsperchlorate13.htm
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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>
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