Electeds, EPA involved at Lockheed-owned site in Florida

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Politicos push feds to hustle on Tallevast cleanup
Nelson and Harris win assurances of help from the EPA regional chief.

By Debi Springer
Sarasota Herald-Tribune (FL)
July 14, 2004

TALLEVAST -- Political one-upmanship might just benefit this community
as U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris push federal
officials to make pollution cleanup and testing a priority.

In two separate meetings Tuesday in Washington, D.C., Nelson, a
Democrat, and Harris, a Republican, pressed Environmental Protection
Agency Regional Director Jimmy Palmer to help Tallevast residents who
are living with pollution left behind by a federal defense contractor.

Palmer assured the politicians that the agency will send scientists to
test the area and will help design a cleanup plan.

The EPA will also enlist the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to investigate
how the contamination may have affected area residents.

Laura Ward, president of the Tallevast community group FOCUS, applauded
the news.

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for the entire article, see
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040714/NEWS/407140566/1006/SPORTS

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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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