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

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Air Force must clean asbestos at Lowry

By John Rebchook
Rocky Mountain News (CO)
March 6, 2007

The U.S. Court of Federal Claims this week held that the U.S.Air Force 
was liable to homebuilders who had cleaned up asbestos contamination at 
the former Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, the Denver law firm of 
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck said today.

The firm described the victory as one of national importance, because it 
said it was the first judicial decision in the country interpreting 
Section 330 of the National Defense Authorization Act. The court held 
that this section provides a broad indemnity from the military to 
parties who purchase former military properties for all costs incurred 
as a result of environmental contamination caused by the military's 
historic activities on the property.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5398298,00.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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