[CPEO-MEF] CLEANUP: Laughlin Air Force Base (TX)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Laughlin updates community on environmental cleanup sites

By Stacy S. Jensen
Del Rio Live! (TX)
August 15, 2008

Chemical spills and work practices at Laughlin Air Force Base decades 
ago, allowing chemicals to escape as runoff into the soil and 
groundwater, continue to be monitored today. Of 24 sites identified on 
base, six remain open and are in the process of being closed officials 
said at the Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meeting Tuesday.

Col. David Ellis, vice commander, 47th Flying Training Wing, and RAB 
co-chairman, said the restoration efforts are about correcting past 
waste disposal practices and being good neighbors. The meeting, he said, 
Tuesday (Aug. 11), is about full disclosure to the public with respect 
to Laughlin and its environmental activities. "It's a team effort to 
make sure we keep Del Rio and Val Verde County clean," Ellis said.

Humberto Aguirre, RAB's community co-chairman, and Ellis thanked those 
attending the public meeting at Hampton Inn & Suites. Aguirre said he 
became involved in environmental issues following a visit to a hospital 
near the Rio Grande where he found children sick from the water. Aguirre 
said Laughlin is the cleanest base in the United States.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.swtexaslive.com/node/7305

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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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