2017 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 22:52:55 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] GREEN & SUSTAINABLE REMEDIATION: Travis Air Force Base (CA)
 
Travis environmental restoration program is certified, sustainable

By Merrie Schilter-Lowe
60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs 
January 18, 2017

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) -- Saving money, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and implementing green and sustainable remediation (GSR) to clean up contaminated groundwater sites recently earned Travis Air Force Base the honor of becoming the first Defense Department installation to receive greener cleanup certification by ASTM International standards.

Additionally, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Region IX is using the Travis AFB environmental restoration program’s (ERP) success to show other facilities how to use similar GSR approaches to effectively clean up contamination.

ASTM International is the largest organization in the world that develops and publishes voluntary technical standards for a wide range of materials, products, systems and services. Although the standards are voluntary, public law requires government agencies to use them whenever possible to save tax dollars and avoid duplicated efforts.

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For the entire release, see
http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/Article/1052834/travis-environmental-restoration-program-is-certified-sustainable.aspx

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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/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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