[CPEO-MEF] REGULATION: Joint Base Andrews Federal Facilities Agreement

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

News Release
Office of Senator Ben Cardin
September 21, 2011

CARDIN ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO CLEAN UP CONTAMINATION AT ANDREWS AIR  
FORCE BASE

Agreement Means EPA Oversight of Cleanup Process

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) today announced that the  
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of  
Defense (DoD) have signed a binding agreement that will govern the  
cleanup at the Superfund sites that are located at Andrews Air Force  
Base, now formally known as Joint Base Andrews.

The document, officially known as a "federal facility agreement,"  
ensures that clean-up actions proceed with EPA oversight within an  
enforceable framework, in a manner that protects the community and  
the environment.  The agreement will also give the EPA and the Air  
Force the framework for investigating new and evolving contamination  
at the base as it is discovered.

The agreement lists 13 contaminated sites on the base, as well as six  
additional munitions sites that require investigation and cleanup.  
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability  
Act (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, governs the cleanup of the  
nation’s most contaminated lands.

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For the entire release, see
http://cardin.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/cardin-announces- 
agreement-to-clean-up-contamination-at-andrews-air-force-base

(You may need to cut and paste the link.)

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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