2012 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:23:35 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: "Mass. National Guard settles with EPA" at Camp Edwards
 
Mass. National Guard settles with EPA

BY MICHAEL P. TREMOGLIE
Legal Newsline
September 13, 2012


BOSTON - The Massachusetts National Guard and the Environmental Protection Agency have resolved allegations of violations of operations and maintenance requirements for three firing ranges at Camp Edwards, Mass., Military Reservation.

Camp Edwards is a 22,000-acre property that has been used for military training activities since 1935. The base is located over an aquifer that is the sole source of drinking water for residents of Cape Cod, said the EPA, which announced the settlement Sept. 6.

The Army and Air Force have environmental cleanup programs for the soil and groundwater contamination that have resulted from activities on site. The U.S. Air Force is addressing contamination from the Otis Air Force Base primarily in the southern portion of MMR under the Federal Superfund Program. The U.S. Army is addressing contamination at Camp Edwards in the northern portion of MMR as required by EPA under the authority of the Safe Drinking Water Act.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.legalnewsline.com/news/237286-mass.-national-guard-settles- with-epa

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