[CPEO-MEF] LA Times says: Repeal 8149

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Monday, November 15, the Los Angeles Times called for the immediate
repeal of Section 8149 of the FY2000 Defense Appropriations Act, which
requires specific Congressional approval before the Defense Department
pays any environmental fines. The provision was apparently inserted into
the Conference version of the Appropriations bill by Senate Defense
Appropriations Committee chair Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska).

The Times said, "Stevens' rider, by removing the threat of penalty,
discourages military base commanders and other Pentagon officials from
complying with basic environmental standards that civilian industries
must uphold." The Times believes that last year the threat of
environmental enforcement helped protect the residents of Orange County,
California from contamination at that El Toro Marine Corps Air Station.

The Times concluded, "Congress should reaffirm that the military will
abide by environmental law by overturning Stevens' rider." It called
upon its readers to contact the chair of House Defense Appropriations
Committee, Jerry Lewis (R-Redlands), a member of Congress from the
Times' market area.

See http://www.latimes.com/news/comment/19991115/t000104133.html.

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 222B View St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/968-1126
lsiegel@cpeo.org
http://www.cpeo.org


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