Such Nonsense

[VICKY PETERS <HWPETEVL@dolsmtp.dol.state.co.us>]

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, compliance and pollution
prevention must remain the goal.

Vicky Peters