[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: Regulators, citizens question Badger Ammo Plant (WI) remedy

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Press Release
Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger:
May 25, 2011

DNR says Army exit plan must restore environment

State regulators have determined that a water supply system proposed  
by the U.S. Army as the primary final remedy for groundwater  
contamination at Badger Army Ammunition Plant could help protect  
public health but, by itself, will not meet environmental protection  
laws.

"Such a system could be effective in mitigating human health risks,  
but it will not meet the statutory requirement for restoring the  
environment to the extent practicable," the May 24 letter from the  
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) to the U.S. Army says.

The Army's proposed remedy for restoration of groundwater is to allow  
residual contaminants to naturally disperse and degrade without human  
intervention. The Army forecasts that over many decades, levels of  
contaminants found in groundwater will naturally decline on their own.

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For the entire release, see
http://www.wisbusiness.com/index.iml?Article=237476

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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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