RRPI story in Cape Cod Times

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Military asks for cleanup waivers
Opponents question if the Pentagon can police itself on environmental issues.


By AMANDA LEHMERT
Cape Cod Times
April 26, 2004

For the third straight year, the Bush administration is pushing to
exempt the Department of Defense from key environmental laws.

At a congressional hearing last week in Washington, Pentagon and
Environmental Protection Agency officials asked that active military
ranges be exempt from a hazardous waste act, the Superfund law and the
Clean Air Act.

Although local military officials said the proposed legislative changes
would not affect the current cleanup at the Upper Cape's military base,
activists warned that the degradation of the laws means certain
protections won't be available to regulators or citizens in the future.

The Massachusetts Military Reservation, where training options currently
are limited by environmental restrictions, was cited during the
testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Department of Defense officials argued that current laws leave open the
possibility that live-fire ranges could be shut down for environmental
concerns, threatening the military's ability to train and be ready for
combat.

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for the entire story, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/militaryasks26.htm

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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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