Camp Ono cleanup funding

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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[If the writer got this story right, this apparent victory for the
environment is clouded. The article says that $69 million is being taken
from the depleted Superfund, set up to fund cleanup at properties where
there is no financially viable responsible party. Cleanup at Formerly
Used Defense Sites (FUDS) - to the degree that the military is
responsible for the contamination - should be funded from the FUDS
Environmental Restoration account, part of the annual Defense
Appropriation. The Congressman who reportedly arranged this settlement,
Jerry Lewis, heads the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, so he
has the influence to find money within the Defense budget to pay for
this project. - Lenny]

City Wins Millions for Toxic Cleanup

San Bernardino will get $69 million from Superfund for Camp Ono site,
ending an 8-year legal struggle.

By Janet Wilson
Los Angeles Times
August 17, 2004

San Bernardino will receive $69 million in Superfund money toward
cleanup of contaminated groundwater left behind at an old military base
that served as a World War II prisoner-of-war camp.

The agreement between the city, the Army, the Environmental Protection
Agency and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control ends an
eight-year legal battle by San Bernardino to get funds to clean up a
vast underground plume of contaminants drifting south from the city's
northwest corner toward drinking water supplies.

"It was a very tough situation," said James F. Penman, San Bernardino
city attorney. "It lasted twice as long as the war that spawned it."

Camp Ono originally housed Italian POWs but was converted to a truck-
and weapons-cleaning site where solvents later discovered to be toxic
were used, he said.

Penman said Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Redlands) was instrumental in persuading
federal agencies to find money and come to an agreement.

...

for the entire article, see
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sanberdo17aug17,1,4309363.story?coll=la-headlines-california

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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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