[CPEO-MEF] Mercury Stockpile review

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

The Defense National Stockpile Center (DNSC) is seeking public comment
on a forthcoming Environment Impact Statement exploring long-term
management alternatives for the nation's 4,408 metric tons of mercury.
The stockpile has been declared excess, but DNSC suspended sales in 1994
in response to concerns about the global environmental impact of mercury
use and release. For more information, see http://www.mercuryeis.com.

Earlier this year DNSC held public scoping meetings in DC as well as the
four communities in which the mercury is stored - New Haven, Indiana;
Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Somerville, New Jersey; and Warren, Ohio. It plans
an update meeting August 2, 2001, at the Marriott Metro Center in
Washington, DC.

LS

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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: 650/961-8918
lsiegel@cpeo.org
http://www.cpeo.org

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