2014 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 08:06:39 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] CHEMWEAPONS: Pueblo Depot (CO) cleanup
 
Depot cleanup gets $54.5 million

BY CHRIS WOODKA
Pueblo Chieftain (CO)
August 6, 2014

The Army has shifted $54.5 million in funding for environmental cleanup at the Pueblo Chemical Depot in the next two years.

"PCD is doing important work to dispose of our nation's chemical weapon stockpiles, and these additional funds will support that critical, ongoing mission," said U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo. "These funds also will ensure the depot can strengthen its remedial work around its facility and protect public health."

Udall is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

The funds will increase the projected budget for cleanups at the depot to $65.7 million in 2014-15, which is greater than the $11.2 million in President Barack Obama’s budget request.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.chieftain.com/news/2787027-120/depot-cleanup-chemical-million

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