Re: Such Nonsense!

[Edward McGlinn <mcglinn@ix.netcom.com>]

VICKY PETERS wrote:

> I think clearly the answer to your question is no, we shouldn't trust the
> Defense Establishment to decide when it is appropriate for them to
> submit to environmental regulation. Such self-regulation was responsible
> for creating the largest cleanup mortgage outside of the Soviet Union.
> Federal agencies have repeatedly demonstrated that the protection of
> human health and the environmental is a lower priority than military
> readiness. It shouldn't be. It should, as Sherri Goodman has frequently
> said, be part of the equation. If environmental compliance were actually
> incorporated into readiness planning as was envisioned by Congress,
> we wouldn't face such a dilemma. To avoid the continuing spiral of
> environmental harm and cleanup costs, compiance and pollution
> prevention must remain the goal.

I hope there are more who will reply and support your position. If there 
aren't I feel this discussion group is useless.

Ed McGlinn