[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Poplar Point, DC

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Poplar Point lawsuit planned

Tim Lemke
Washington Times (DC)
June 25, 2008

A coalition of environmentalists and community groups yesterday said 
they plan to sue the federal government and the District for polluting 
the area around Poplar Point in Southeast, possibly placing another 
hurdle in plans to build a soccer stadium or other development at the 
110-acre site.

The groups say the federal government's use of the site for much of the 
20th century led to widespread contamination that must be remediated 
before any development of the site can move forward.

...

The environmentalists say the federal government polluted the site over 
the years when it built a dry cleaning facility, research laboratory and 
training center for the Navy. The groups said pesticides, asbestos and a 
host of other pollutive chemicals may have been left in the ground.

...

For the entire article, see
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jun/25/coalition-planning-suit-over-poplar/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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