[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL: South Korea-U.S. cleanup negotiations

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Solution for US Base Cleanups in Sight


By Oh Young-jin, Bae Ji-sook
Korea Times
October 20, 2009

A thorny issue over who will pay for the environmental cleanup of U.S. 
military bases being vacated is finding an amicable solution, Korea's 
top environment policymaker said.

Environment Minister Lee Maan-ee spoke to The Korea Times last Thursday 
for the paper's 59th anniversary interview series from his office at the 
Gwacheon Government Complex in Gyeonggi Province.

"A survey initially underestimated the costs of cleaning up Camp Hialeah 
in Busan by 25 percent but U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) will take care of it 
before returning it," said Environment Minister Lee Maan-ee during an 
exclusive interview with The Korea Times last week.

Regarding Camp Madison in Uiwang, south of Seoul, where an oil spill has 
been the target of public grievance, Lee said, "The USFK will conduct a 
survey and clean it up before returning it to us."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/10/117_53900.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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