[CPEO-MEF] DOD challenges Colorado asbestos rules

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Pentagon sues Colorado over new state asbestos rules

Rocky Mountain News (CO)
June 2, 2006

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — The Defense Department has sued Colorado over new 
state asbestos rules that Army officials say could dramatically increase 
costs for a planned $2 billion expansion at Fort Carson.

The rules, enacted in April, could force Congress to reconsider where it 
spends military construction dollars, Senate staffers said after a 
briefing Wednesday.

The government's suit was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in 
Denver. It argues the state Board of Health went too far by requiring 
that Colorado businesses and military posts test for soil contamination 
at construction and demolition sites.

The rules say soil tainted with asbestos must be taken to designated 
landfills.

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4746297,00.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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Fax: 650/961-8918
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