[CPEO-MEF] U.S. oil leaks in Korea

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

US Base Oil Leaks Spark Joint Probe


By Moon Gwang-lip
Korea Times
December 9, 2004

Both Korean and U.S. authorities will today launch an investigation into
seven cases of oil leakage at Yongsan Garrison, a U.S. military base in
Seoul, the Ministry of Environment said Thursday. 

On Dec. 3, Col Daniel M. Wilson, who is in charge of USFK environmental
policy, admitted in an interview with a local newspaper that there had
been eight accidents involving the leakage of oil in the base since
1998. 

The environment ministry then agreed with USFK to jointly investigate
seven of the incidents, with the remaining one having already been
examined in 2002 after it occurred in Camp Coiner, located in a corner
of the U.S. military installation. 

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For the entire article, see
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200412/kt2004120918105111980.htm

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Lenny Siegel
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