[CPEO-MEF] CHEMWEAPONS: Pueblo Depot (CO) cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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