2007 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: 14 Jul 2007 00:58:55 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] McGuire Air Force Base (NJ) cleanup order
 
EPA: Air Force needs to clean up contamination at McGuire

By CHRIS NEWMARKER
Associated Press
Long Island Newsday
July 13, 2007

TRENTON, N.J. -- Federal environmental officials on Friday ordered the U.S. military to clean up PCBs, pesticides, metals and other contaminants at McGuire Air Force Base.

The Environmental Protection Agency administrative order requires the Air Force to submit a plan, including a schedule, to remove the contaminants left at 41 areas on the 5-square-mile base during its more than half a century of operations.

The EPA was forced to issue the order because it was unable reach a satisfactory agreement with the Air Force to clean up the base, according to EPA Regional Administrator Alan J. Steinberg.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--mcguirecleanup0713jul13,0,7855314.story?coll=ny-region-apnewjersey

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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