[CPEO-MEF] Ellsworth Air Force Base (SD) Five-Year Review

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Report's in: Ellsworth passes environmental cleanup 'exam'

By 1st Lt. Glory Smith
Black Hills Bandit (SD)
November 18, 2005

Ellsworth passed on its second environmental cleanup "report card" from
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this year, an achievement few
locations identified by the government as contaminated ever attain,
according to Mr. Dell Petersen, 28th Civil Engineer Squadron remedial
project manager for the cleanup.

"Our success represents a strong partnership (and) teamwork by the local
community, EPA, South Dakota and Ellsworth Air Force Base," said Mr.
Petersen. "The result was desired by all, but no single entity could
accomplish it without the others."

The report, called the Five-Year Review, represents the third milestone
in determining that Ellsworth?s remedies toward cleanup are protective
of human health and the environment, and that the contamination is contained.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.blackhillsbandit.com/articles/2005/11/18/news/news02.txt

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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