2006 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 19 May 2006 06:34:36 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Dover Air Force Base (DE) cleanup milestone
 
Signing event signifies environmental milestone

(Air Force)
News Blaze
May 18, 2006


Air Mobility Command, state and federal officials signed a record of decision May 12 for the last two of the base's contaminant release sites, reaching a major milestone in the environmental program here.
The base's 59 contaminant sites put Dover on the Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund National Priorities List. The record of decision, or ROD, signifies the approval of planned methods to remediate the sites.
This represents the product of a relationship built between the Air Force and the regulators from the Environmental Protection Agency and Delaware's Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.


"I liken this progress to a partnership," said Brig. Gen. Del Eulberg, director of installations and mission support for AMC at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. "It took (agencies) all working together to re-look at the processes."

As Dover continues to make strides in cleaning up the contamination caused by past practices, regulators say those involved have shown what innovation can do for taking responsibility for the environment.

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For the entire article, se
http://newsblaze.com/story/20060518141658tsop.nb/newsblaze/TOPSTORY/Top-Story.html

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