[CPEO-MEF] Allegany Ballistics Laboratory (WV)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Hercules, a Defense Contractor, to Pay for Cleanup Costs at Navy Site
Hercules, Inc Will Pay $13 Million to Defray EPA Costs

By Neile McGrew
Associated Content
November 6, 2007

In an unprecedented move, a former defense contractor, Hercules 
Incorporated settled a case with the US Department of Justice in which 
the contractor has agreed to pay for cleanup costs at a site in West 
Virginia. The Allegany Ballistics Laboratory (ABL) is a Navy-owned 
faciltiy that Hercules operated from 1945 until 1995. Heavy metals and 
other solvent wastes were disposed of on-site until 1978.

This particular settlement is the first time that a military contractor 
has been held responsible for costs arising from a Superfund site. 
Currently, the Navy is working with the EPA to restore the ABL grounds 
and adjacent areas that suffered run-off and cross-contamination. ABL 
was placed on the EPA's National Priorities List (NPL) in 1994. The NPL 
is a step in the Superfund cleanup process. Superfund sites are sites in 
which hazardous materials have been dumped and left behind by industry 
and manufacturing among other groups.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/433928/hercules_a_defense_contractor_to_pay.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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