[CPEO-MEF] PFCs: Washington State bases

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Congress funds groundwater work at Whidbey base


By SC News staff
Citizen Tribune (WA)
September 28, 2017
 

A bipartisan provision to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was secured Sept. 14 in Washington, D.C., that bolsters environmental restoration funding for both the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Navy.

U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Senators Shelly Moore Capito (R-WV) and Bob Casey (D-PA) co-sponsored the bipartisan provision that dedicates nearly $62 million towards water remediation and environmental restoration in communities that have suffered groundwater contamination due to their proximity to military installations, including three in Washington state. 

Similar language is included in the House-passed version of the NDAA, according to news release from Cantwell’s office.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.citizentribune.com/congress-funds-groundwater-work-at-whidbey-base/article_cc83c36b-a6db-573e-8b17-0ef3bbbc0b47.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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