[CPEO-MEF] PCBs: EPA questions Army waste handling

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA Grills U.S. Army Over Handling of PCB-Contaminated Wastes

Environment News Service
July 27, 2009

WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is demanding 
answers to dozens of long-standing questions about the handling of 
wastes contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, PCBs, at U.S. Army 
ammunition production facilities nationwide.

Activities at 28 closing Army ammunition production facilities with a 
total of number of more than 16,000 buildings and structures could be 
affected.

In a July 7 letter to the Army, the EPA asks for a detailed response to 
questions about the status of demolition of buildings, management and 
storage of PCB wastes, research on destruction or removal of paint, and 
operation of decontamination ovens.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jul2009/2009-07-27-092.asp

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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