[CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE, REGULATION: State [of Oklahoma] Gets First Crack at Toxic Halliburton Site

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State Gets First Crack at Toxic Halliburton Site

By DAVID LEE
Courthouse News Service
April 9, 2012

(CN) - A federal judge refused to order the immediate cleanup of a  
Halliburton hazardous waste disposal site that is contaminating  
groundwater in Duncan, Okla., deferring to state authorities.

Between 1962 to 1991, Halliburton used the site to clean military  
missile motor casings and recycle stainless steel fuel rod racks from  
a Nebraska nuclear power plant, disposing of ammonium perchlorate  
hazardous waste.

Halliburton says it settled with the Oklahoma Department of  
Environmental Quality in August 2011 to remediate the site after  
discovering perchlorate in groundwater from continued environmental  
monitoring.

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For the entier article, see
http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/04/09/45449.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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