Environmentalists Decry Pentagon Requests ...

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Environmentalists Decry Pentagon Requests for Exemptions to
Environmental Laws

By Jim Skeen, Daily News, Los Angeles Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
April 7, 2004

Apr. 7--EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - The Pentagon is trying to gain
more exemptions in federal environmental laws, saying regulations
threaten to curtail training and test work -- a claim vigorous disputed
by environmental organizations.

Having gained exemptions last year in the Endangered Species Act and the
Marine Mammal Protection Act, the Pentagon is seeking exemptions in
three other major environmental laws: the Clean Air Act; the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act;
and the Migratory Bird Act.

"We want clarification that they can't be used to shut down training and
test bases," Paul Mayberry, undersecretary of defense for readiness,
told reporters Tuesday. "We at the department can't wait for a train
wreck. We have to be prudent managers."

Opponents say the exemptions are unnecessary because existing law allows
the Defense Department to seek exemptions for its activities for
national security reasons.

The Bush administration is using concerns about national security during
a time of war as a smoke screen for gutting environmental laws, said
Daniel Patterson, a biologist with the Center for Biological Diversity.

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