[CPEO-MEF] Charleston, DOD settle old water pollution claim

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Charleston, Defense Department settle contamination claim

The State (SC) (Associated Press)
October 13, 2004

CHARLESTON, S.C. - The Defense Department will pay the city of
Charleston $2.5 million to settle a claim arising from contamination
along the Cooper River.

The claim concerned contamination in the area of the South Carolina
Aquarium caused by the Charleston Naval Industrial Reserve Shipyard
during World War II.

Of the $2.5 million, $500,000 will go to the Washington, D.C., law firm
that helped the city pursue the claim. The settlement was negotiated
through the U.S. Justice Department.

The $2 million will be used for additional projects in the aquarium
area, said Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. Proposals for the area include a
planned International African-American Museum as well as a city park
surrounded by new housing and retail space.

The city has been seeking the compensation 

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for the entire article, see
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/9907966.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
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