2007 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: 25 May 2007 22:20:24 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] House hearings on Camp Lejeune and TCE
 
Investigative panel targeting pollution at military bases

By Darren Goode
Congress Daily/Government Executive
May 25, 2007

The House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing in June as part of its investigation of drinking water contamination at North Carolina's Camp Lejeune and more broadly on environmental problems at military bases.

The investigation is still taking shape -- and while it will focus on Camp Lejeune -- it also could probe military-controlled hazardous waste sites, an Energy and Commerce aide said. It might look at whether the Environmental Protection Agency's drinking water standard for trichloroethylene is stringent enough, the aide said.

TCE is an industrial solvent used as a metal parts degreaser and, along with perchlorate, has contaminated water at military sites. EPA officials have wanted to strengthen the TCE regulation but have met with resistance from the Pentagon. The subcommittee hearing has been tentatively set for June 12 and will likely be followed by other hearings, the committee aide said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0507/052507cdpm1.htm

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Lenny Siegel
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