[CPEO-IRF] Lowry Air Force Base (CO) asbestos settlement

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Development gets green light

Air Force ponied up to privatize mop-up of Lowry asbestos

By Todd Hartman
Rocky Mountain News (CO)
April 21, 2006

A long-running dispute over potential asbestos hazards that delayed 
redevelopment on part of the former Lowry Air Force Base has been 
resolved, opening the door for cleanup and construction to begin.

Workers last week began sampling soil on a 10-acre parcel at the former 
base to determine levels of asbestos contamination and whether any soil 
must be removed from a section of Lowry known as the Northwest Neighborhood.

The action marks major progress for the site after a three-year standoff 
between state regulators and the Air Force over requirements that the 
military sample for and clean up any asbestos-contaminated soil. The Air 
Force long balked at the prospect, arguing the risk was too small to 
justify the costly work.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4639140,00.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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