[CPEO-MEF] CLEANUP, BIOWEAPONS: Maryland wants Ft. Detrick on "Superfund" list

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

State: Speed up cleanup of Area B
Official wants contaminated Fort Detrick site on Superfund list within 
30 days


By Justin M. Palk
Frederick News-Post (MD)
June 18, 2008
	
Maryland's Secretary of the Environment is criticizing the federal 
government for dragging its feet on investigating groundwater 
contamination at Fort Detrick's Area B.

In a letter dated June 4, Shari Wilson, Maryland Secretary of the 
Environment, urged the Environmental Protection Agency to add Area B to 
the Superfund program's National Priorities List within 30 days.

"The continued delay perpetuates the unacceptably long timeline that 
this investigation continues to take," Wilson wrote.

West of the developed portion of Fort Detrick, Area B is where the Army 
used to dispose of lab waste, including chemicals and incinerated 
biological waste.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?storyID=76432

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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