[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL: Oil pipeline in South Korea

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Leakages From USFK's Oil Pipeline Contaminated Soil

By Kim Sue-young
Korea Times
August 14, 2008

South Korea is expected to outlay billions of won to clean up 
contamination caused by oil leakages from a former pipeline of U.S. 
Forces Korea (USFK) which penetrated the country, according to the South 
Korean Army Thursday.

The 458-kilometer Trans-Korea Pipeline (TKP) was built by the USFK 
between 1969 and 1970 to provide its base camps with petroleum.

Even though the U.S. Army had benefited from the facility for nearly two 
decades, Seoul alone will likely shoulder financial burdens as it was 
handed over ownership in 1992.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/08/116_29350.html

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