[CPEO-MEF] Section 2701/2705 update 2

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

I've just heard from contacts within the Defense Department, and it
appears that the flap over the amendment pertaining to FUDS is on the
way to resolution.

According to Defense Department sources, the Department did submit the
Section 2701/2705 language to the Office of Management and Budget on
Wednesday, September 19, before withdrawing it today, September 20.
Officially, the Department does not support passage of the amendment at
this time.

Key people in the Defense Department say that this is an internal
proposal which should have never left the Pentagon. In fact, some
suspect that the proposal was leaked to undermine Defense Department credibility.

It looks like discussions with the states and EPA over these issues will
resume, but perhaps a little more nervously.

Lenny

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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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