[CPEO-MEF] CLEANUP - National Governors Association resolution

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

At its recent winter meeting, the National Governors Association updated 
its policy on federal facilities cleanup:

February 28, 2008
NR-08. Environmental Compliance at Federal Facilities

8.1 Preface

The nation's federal, state, and local environmental laws have been 
enacted to protect human health and the environment. In the same way 
that private-sector facilities are required to comply with these laws, 
it is National Governors Association policy that federal facilities must 
comply with and be held to these same standards. There can be no 
justification for any lower standard of protection of public health and 
the environment from federal facilities than from any other facility. 
This policy addresses federal facilities, with particular focus on sites 
owned and/or operated by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the 
U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).

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For the entire resolution, go to
http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.8358ec82f5b198d18a278110501010a0/?vgnextoid=c920a99b94168110VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD
You may need to cut and paste the URL.

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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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