[CPEO-MEF] VOCs, REGULATION: Ft. Detrick to be proposed for NPL

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

EPA to Propose Fort Detrick as Superfund Cleanup Site

By David A. Fahrenthold
Washington Post
June 29, 2008

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will propose Frederick's Fort 
Detrick as a possible Superfund site, a move that would give that agency 
oversight of the U.S. Army's cleanup of chemical-laced groundwater, 
officials said.

That announcement last week marks the latest turn in an environmental 
saga at the base, which began in the early 1990s when tests found two 
toxins in water wells. They aren't chemical weapons, which were tested 
at Fort Detrick during the Cold War, but both chemicals have been shown 
to cause health problems.

The Army has spent millions to clean up the site, but Maryland 
regulators have complained that they are moving too slowly.

Maryland pressed the EPA to put the base on its Superfund list, saying 
this move could set a schedule for the cleanup and also provide answers 
to remaining questions about how far the contamination has spread.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/28/AR2008062801939.html
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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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