[CPEO-MEF] "Agencies Battle Over Contaminated Land"

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Today I was a panelist of WAMU radio's (DC) Kojo Nnamdi show for the 
following discussion:

"Agencies Battle Over Contaminated Land

"The Pentagon and the Environmental Protection Agency are clashing, and 
Maryland's Fort Meade and Fort Detrick are near the center of the 
dispute. So who trumps whom when federal agencies fight? And why should 
you care? Kojo looks behind the headlines to find out what's going on, 
and whether the public should be concerned about the clean-up of 
contaminated military sites."

One can listen to the program on line at 
http://wamu.org/programs/kn/08/07/24.php#21264.

Unfortunately, none of the guests was informed about the local data from 
the sites that form the heart of the controversy, and I felt the other 
guests were not fully conversant with federal facilities cleanup regulation.

At the end of the segment, I asked for time to respond to one of the 
guests about historical relations between the Defense Department and 
EPA, but we were out of time.

I intended to mention the Federal Facilities Environmental Restoration 
Dialogue Committee, which met during the Bush, Sr. and Clinton 
administrations. Through discussions among representatives of a diverse 
range of constituencies, we (FFERDC) were able to reduce conflict 
between the agencies and move cleanup forward. It's my view that current 
disputes could be resolved by bringing FFERDC back together, 
particularly under the guidance of a new administration.


Lenny


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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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