Lowry AFB Asbestos Order

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Pressure on cleanup

State says Air Force ignoring asbestos problem at Lowry

By Todd Hartman
Rocky Mountain News
April 21, 2004

Colorado health regulators have stepped up the pressure over asbestos
cleanup at the former Lowry Air Force Base, threatening fines and legal
action if the military doesn't rid the area of contamination.

The state "compliance order" to the Air Force marks a significant
escalation in a yearlong battle over cleaning up the east Denver site.
The dispute has taken some of the luster off a redevelopment project
hailed as a national prototype for converting aging military bases to
new uses.

The recent order complains that the Air Force has been the sole party at
the 1,866-acre project to ignore health department demands to deal with
asbestos. Others involved, including a dozen private developers and the
quasi-public Lowry Redevelopment Authority, have complied with state
requests to sample for and remove asbestos-tainted soil.

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for the entire story, see
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_2824647,00.html

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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>
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