Army Finds Environmental Money

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Army Orders Environmental Cutbacks

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (New York Times)
May 27, 2004

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Army reversed course Thursday, saying it found
money to avert dropping some environmental protections. But Army
garrison commanders worldwide are still being told to freeze hiring and
cut travel and other expenses because of costly military operations in
Iraq and Afghanistan.

A May 11 e-mail from Maj. Gen. Anders Aadland, obtained by The
Associated Press, had directed garrison commanders to "take additional
risk in environmental programs; terminate environmental contracts and
delay all non-statutory enforcement actions" until after the new fiscal
year begins in October.

But on Thursday the Army changed course.

"We will be able to continue all the environmental programs," Phil
Sakowitz, deputy director for the Army's new Installation Management
Activity command headed by Aadland, told the AP in an interview.

Sakowitz said he was given assurances Thursday morning, after accounts
of the cuts were carried in the news media, that he would have enough
money to avert making environmental cuts, though he was not told
specifically how much. The installations command has a budget of $7
billion to $8 billion, he said.

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for the entire article, see
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Army-Environment.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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