[CPEO-MEF] REGULATION: Ft. Meade (MD) Federal Facilities Agreement

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Agreement reached on Fort Meade pollution clean-up

By Timothy B. Wheeler
Baltimore Sun (MD)
June 22, 2009

Ending a long legal dispute, the Army has finally agreed to an 
enforceable timetable for cleaning up contaminated Superfund sites at 
Fort Meade in Anne Arundel County, Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin announced Monday.

Cardin, a Maryland Democrat who is a member of the Senate Environment 
and Public Works Committee, said the Army had signed a "federal 
facilities agreement" governing the cleanup of ground-water and soil 
contamination on the sprawling base near Odenton.

The announcement comes six months after Maryland Attorney General 
Douglas F. Gansler filed suit against the Army for failing to comply 
with a cleanup order issued by the Environmental Protection Agency. The 
order required the Army to produce a timetable for remedying the 
longstanding pollution problems at the base, and to sign the legally 
binding agreement to follow through.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/bal-fort-meade-0622,0,3154986.story

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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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