[CPEO-MEF] MERCURY: "Spill, cover-up alleged at Hill Air Force Base [UT]"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Mercury spill, cover-up alleged at Hill Air Force Base
Spill - Possibility of criminal charges, hefty fine on the table.

By Melinda Rogers
Salt Lake Tribune (UT)
March 14, 2012

Officials at Hill Air Force Base failed to report a massive mercury  
spill in 2007 and ordered untrained workers to clean up the hazardous  
waste with vacuum cleaners instead of calling in Hazmat teams as  
federal regulations require, documents released Wednesday allege.

The blunder put the health of thousands in jeopardy, as mercury  
leaked into the ground with the potential to contaminate water  
supplies in Davis County.

More than 60 pounds of mercury spilled during a retrofit when Hill  
Air Force Base (HAFB) workers removed more than a dozen ring balance  
meters from boilers that contained mercury, said Scot A. Boyd, an  
attorney with Salt Lake City-based Christensen and Jensen, who  
represents a whistleblower who reported the alleged improprieties.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/53709267-78/mercury-base-health- 
department.html.csp

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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
Fax: 650/961-8918
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