[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Wisconsin DNT standard

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Wisconsin Groundwater Standards for Explosives Could Set National Precedent

Environment News Service
November 24, 2009

MADISON, Wisconsin - A move by the Wisconsin Department of Natural 
Resources to set standards for a carcinogenic explosive in groundwater 
is being applauded by rural neighbors of the Badger Army Ammunition 
Plant but is expected to draw opposition from the U.S. military.

The WDNR recently received approval from the state's Natural Resources 
Board to hold public hearings on the addition of 15 new substances to 
the state's groundwater quality standards including all forms of 
dinitrotoluene, DNT - a carcinogenic explosive that has contaminated 
drinking water wells near the Badger Army Ammunition Plant in the rural 
townships of Merrimac, Sumpter and Prairie du Sac.

If approved by the legislature, Wisconsin will set a precedent for other 
states that could be significant for over 100 sites across the country 
contaminated with DNT.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/nov2009/2009-11-24-094.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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