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Bush Administration Again Seeks Exemptions From Cleanup of Toxic Rocket Fuel

WASHINGTON, April 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Bush Administration is
once again trying to exempt the Pentagon from cleaning up military sites
contaminated with rocket fuel, despite a complete lack of evidence that
the nation's military readiness has ever been hampered by compliance
with toxic waste laws.

Contamination of drinking water, groundwater or soil by perchlorate, the
main component of solid rocket fuel, has been confirmed by testing of at
least 34 Department of Defense (DOD) facilities in 15 states, according
to Environmental Working Group's analysis of federal and state data. EWG
has also identified 63 military sites in 32 states where perchlorate
contamination is likely, but where testing has not been conducted.

Lists of the sites, as well as all Congressional documents cited below,
are available at www.ewg.org.

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope 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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