[CPEO-MEF] Dover Air Force Base (DE) cleanup milestone

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Signing event signifies environmental milestone

(Air Force)
News Blaze
May 18, 2006


Air Mobility Command, state and federal officials signed a record of 
decision May 12 for the last two of the base's contaminant release 
sites, reaching a major milestone in the environmental program here.
The base's 59 contaminant sites put Dover on the Environmental 
Protection Agency's Superfund National Priorities List. The record of 
decision, or ROD, signifies the approval of planned methods to remediate 
the sites.
This represents the product of a relationship built between the Air 
Force and the regulators from the Environmental Protection Agency and 
Delaware's Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.

"I liken this progress to a partnership," said Brig. Gen. Del Eulberg, 
director of installations and mission support for AMC at Scott Air Force 
Base, Ill. "It took (agencies) all working together to re-look at the 
processes."

As Dover continues to make strides in cleaning up the contamination 
caused by past practices, regulators say those involved have shown what 
innovation can do for taking responsibility for the environment.

...

For the entire article, se
http://newsblaze.com/story/20060518141658tsop.nb/newsblaze/TOPSTORY/Top-Story.html

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Lenny Siegel
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