[CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE, CONTRACTORS: Lockheed seeks reimbursement

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Lockheed: U.S. must pay for rocket-test cleanup
Lawsuit filed over toxins

Jim McElhatton
Washington Times
July 7, 2008

One of the nation's largest federal defense contractors says the U.S. 
government should pay the cleanup costs - likely in the tens of millions 
of dollars or more - from pollutants leaked during the production and 
testing of U.S. military and space rockets.

Federal policies at one former Lockheed Propulsion Co. rocket plant in 
California allowed for burning toxic chemical waste in open, unlined 
dirt pits during the 1970s, according to a lawsuit that Lockheed Martin 
Corp. filed against the U.S. government.

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For the entire article, see
\http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jul/07/lockheed-tells-us-to-finance-rocket-test-cleanup/
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Lenny Siegel
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