[CPEO-MEF] Columbus Air Force Base (MS)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

CAFB environmental cleanup sites progressing well, officials say

By Michael McCollum
Columbus Commercial Dispatch (MS)
December 9, 2006

Environmental engineers contracted by the Columbus Air Force Base 
discussed restoration efforts Thursday of two on-base hazardous 
environmental sites during an annual technical review committee meeting 
at the Link Auditorium.

The meeting was federally mandated as part of the Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), also known as the 
Superfund law, to ensure the public is aware of hazardous waste activity 
at military installations.

Although members of the public were welcome to attend, no city council 
members or county supervisors were in attendance, nor did any community 
or business groups attend the meeting.

Dr. Kang Xia of the Mississippi Chemical Lab at Mississippi State 
University and Robert Lytch of the Army Corps of Engineers were the only 
two people present.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.cdispatch.com/articles/2006/12/09/local_news/area_news/area02.txt

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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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