[CPEO-MEF] Talley (AZ) waste permit denied

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

DEQ denies waste permit for Mesa contractor

By J. Craig Anderson
East Valley Tribune (AZ)
December 14, 2007


The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality will not allow a defense 
contractor to continue burning rocket propellant and other chemicals at 
an east Mesa site within a mile of hundreds of homes.

Talley Defense Systems had requested a state hazardous waste permit that 
would have allowed it to burn up to 60,000 pounds a year of ammonium 
nitrate, ammonium perchlorate and other chemicals used in its products, 
which include rocket launchers, automobile air bags and air crew 
ejection seats.

But DEQ Director Steve Owens said in a prepared statement the company 
has not needed to burn such materials lately and should not do so in the 
future.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/104495

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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