2002 CPEO Military List Archive

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Date: 1 Apr 2002 15:02:38 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Pentagon Seeks Exemption From Environmental Laws
 
Pentagon Seeks Exemption From Environmental Laws
Posted Saturday, March 30, 2002 by ishgooda

Pentagon Seeks Exemption From Environmental Laws

By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/30/politics/30ENVI.html

WASHINGTON, March 29 - Concerned that several environmental laws are interfering with the military's ability to train soldiers and develop weapons, the Pentagon is seeking a Congressional exemption from an array of measures that have protected endangered species and their habitats for years.

A draft of the exemption bill, circulating in the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill, seeks exemptions on national security grounds for bombing ranges, air bases and training grounds from sections of the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, Noise Control Act, Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Endangered Species Act.

The Defense Department controls about 25 million acres for training grounds, about 90 percent of which is undeveloped buffer. It spends about $4 billion a year to comply with environmental laws, money that Pentagon officials say could be better spent preparing the military for combat, especially in light of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Read the total story at: http://nativenewsonline.org/ in: ATTACK ON US

Jim Oyler


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