[CPEO-MEF] Massachusetts perchlorate standard coming soon

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State ready to propose perchlorate standards


By AMANDA LEHMERT
Cape Cod Times (MA)
January 26, 2006

The state is poised to introduce drinking water and cleanup standards 
for perchlorate, which is flowing through the aquifer beneath the 
Massachusetts Military Reservation.

The proposed regulations - which will dictate safe drinking standards 
and how much perchlorate must be cleaned up by polluters - could be 
ready in a few weeks, said Edmund Koletta, state Department of 
Environmental Protection spokesman.

The latest estimate of when the regulations will be released for public 
comment comes after 12 months of promises from state environmental 
officials that the standards would soon be established. State 
environmental Commissioner Robert Gollege would not comment about the 
standards until after they are published, Koletta said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/stateready26.htm

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Lenny Siegel
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