2008 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:52:27 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Poplar Point, DC
 
Poplar Point lawsuit planned

Tim Lemke
Washington Times (DC)
June 25, 2008

A coalition of environmentalists and community groups yesterday said they plan to sue the federal government and the District for polluting the area around Poplar Point in Southeast, possibly placing another hurdle in plans to build a soccer stadium or other development at the 110-acre site.

The groups say the federal government's use of the site for much of the 20th century led to widespread contamination that must be remediated before any development of the site can move forward.

...

The environmentalists say the federal government polluted the site over the years when it built a dry cleaning facility, research laboratory and training center for the Navy. The groups said pesticides, asbestos and a host of other pollutive chemicals may have been left in the ground.

...

For the entire article, see
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jun/25/coalition-planning-suit-over-poplar/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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