Cold War left Utah a contaminated legacy]] (fwd)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

The Deseret News article contains a major inaccuracy up front. It says
that the Defense Department (DOD) is spending less that $85,000 on
cleanup in Utah each year.

According to the latest (1996) Defense Environmental Restoration Program
Annual Report, DOD planned to spend more than $24 million in fiscal year
1998. The previous year was over $33 million. While those amounts may
still be too low, it puts Utah in the ballpark with other states.

The $43 million on Air Force overseas cleanups is probably wrong, too. A
figure that large probably refers to enviromental compliance projects,
such the construction of water treatment plants.

LS
Lenny Siegel
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