[CPEO-MEF] CHEMWEAPONS: "Navigating the Recovery Labyrinth"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

When Chemical Releases Occur at a Federal Facility: Navigating the  
Recovery Labyrinth

by Diane Henkels
Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation
Vol. 24 (2), 2009

This Article was inspired by exercises that took place in Umatilla  
County, Oregon, as part of the Chemical Stockpile Emergency
Preparedness Program (CSEPP), a federal government program designed  
to protect local populations from the danger posed by
hazardous releases on federal lands.  The Oregon CSEPP site is one of  
six locations where the nation’s chemical weapons are stockpiled.
The Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) designs  
and delivers HSEEP-compliant, emergency preparedness
exercises, which are conducted annually at all CSEPP sites.  The  
exercises simulate both a chemical release from a CSEPP site and the
measures that would have to be taken to safeguard the public.  The  
simulations focus primarily on emergency evacuation and steps to be
taken directly following the release.  However, these simulations do  
not address long-term recovery from a release or the scenario where a
natural disaster or a negligent act by the government or a third  
party causes the chemical release.  Hazardous releases may take a number
of forms.  Far from unique to CSEPP, there are well over 4000  
different federal government properties containing hazardous waste,
which, at a minimum, threaten to release hazardous substances and  
must be cleaned up.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.law.uoregon.edu/org/jell/docs/242/henkels.pdf

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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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