[CPEO-MEF] "Air Force wants Coffee County [TN] to pay for landfill cleanup"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Air Force wants Coffee County to pay for landfill cleanup 


By JOE MORRIS
The Tennessean
March 26, 2005

Officials say they've done their part in caring for former site

The U.S. Air Force wants Coffee County and its cities to pay millions of
dollars to clean up the old county landfill, which is on the property of
Arnold Air Force Base.

The military says the county and the cities of Manchester and Tullahoma
put hazardous materials in the now-closed Coffee County Landfill during
the 17 years it was open, contaminating the groundwater nearby. It says
the county then didn't hold up its end of the bargain in paying for the
cleanup work and that more work is needed.

County leaders say they have done all that was asked of them, including
supplying public water service to residents in the area because of the
groundwater pollution. They say the Air Force wants as much as $16
million from them.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/05/03/67441913.shtml?Element_ID=67441913

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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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