[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL: Korean bases not checked

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

No Environmental Checks Carried Out at Former U.S. Facilities

Chosunilbo
May 26, 2010
The government failed to conduct environmental damage assessments at  
113 U.S. military bases that were returned to Korea between 1990 to  
2004, a Defense Ministry official admitted Wednesday.

"According to a special agreement on environmental protection under  
the Status of Forces Agreement in 2001, the U.S. military has no  
obligation to clean up environmental pollution at installations  
returned to Korea before 2005, and we had no authority to investigate  
them," the official said. "As a result, we could not conduct any  
environmental damage assessments on 113 U.S. bases that were returned  
until 2004, and to my knowledge no such assessment took place after  
their handover."

Altogether 191 U.S. military installations have either been returned  
to Korea or will be returned. Forty-six have been handed back since  
2005, and 32 more are left.


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For the entire article, see
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/ 
2011/05/26/2011052601060.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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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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