[CPEO-MEF] REGULATION: Ft. Meade (MD) and the state of Maryland

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Maryland sues Army
Claims military didn't follow Fort Meade cleanup order

By Brent Jones
Baltimore Sun
December 24, 2008

The state attorney general has filed a lawsuit in federal court against 
the Army, alleging that the military branch has failed to abide by a 
cleanup order for groundwater and soil contamination at Fort Meade.

Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler filed in August a notice of intent 
to sue the Army if the site was not cleaned up within 90 days. The 
lawsuit alleges that the Army did not enforce an Environmental 
Protection Agency order to perform specific actions and produce a 
timeline for cleanup.

Gansler said in a statement yesterday that the Army is heading in the 
right direction by expressing willingness to comply with the EPA order 
but that a legally binding commitment is needed to protect public health.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bay_environment/bal-md.meade24dec24,0,7911762.story

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