[CPEO-IRF] Lowry (CO) asbestos case analysis

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Judge: Military Should Pay For Bases Clean Up

By Jon Sarche
Associated Press
March 7, 2007

DENVER The military must pay to clean up environmental contamination it 
caused at former installations that are closed and then sold for private 
development, a federal judge has ruled.

The ruling came in a lawsuit filed over the former Lowry Air Force Base 
in Denver but sets a precedent for similar cases at other closed bases, 
said attorney Michelle Kales.

...

[Washington attorney Barry Steinberg] said if the ruling is upheld, it 
could make the insurance industry more willing to cover buildings on 
former military bases because they could turn to the government for 
payment if property owners make claims based on environmental 
contamination caused by the military.

...

For the entire article, see
http://cbs4denver.com/local/local_story_066094003.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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