[CPEO-MEF] Andrews Air Force Base (MD) enhanced plan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cleanup program on fast track


by Air Force
News Blaze
October 10, 2006


When Andrews Air Force Base, Md., was placed on the Environmental 
Protection Agency's National Priorities List of contaminated sites in 
1999, environmental restoration program managers estimated it would take 
until 2014 and millions of dollars to remedy the sites.

With 23 sites and 10 areas of concern, Air Mobility Command officials 
estimated the potential cost to remedy in place, or RIP, was as high as 
$180 million. Since then, the outlook for the cleanup program has 
changed considerably.

"We expect to reach RIP at all our restoration sites by the end of 
2009," said Brian Dolan, Andrews' environmental restoration chief, "and 
with our performance-based strategy, we'll save money as well."


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For the entire article, see
http://newsblaze.com/story/20061010144525tsop.nb/newsblaze/TOPSTORY/Top-Stories.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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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