From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Wed, 18 Oct 2017 18:35:53 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL: "25 years later, Andersen Air Force Base [Guam] still cleaning up contamination, EPA says |
25 years later, Andersen Air Force Base still cleaning up contamination, EPA says by John I Borja Pacific Daily News (GU) October15, 2017 Andersen Air Force Base still is in the process of cleaning up contamination on the land it operates, 25 years after it was put on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Priorities List. The base has been on the critical list of U.S. EPA’s Superfund sites since Oct. 14, 1992. These sites contain high levels of uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste. The U.S. EPA’s Region 9 office, which has jurisdiction over Guam, stated Andersen Air Force Base has a total of 80 Installation Restoration Program sites and 18 Munitions Response Program sites. Of the 80 sites where previous installations were, five of them await cleanup. All 18 of the sites related to munitions - military weapons and equipment - are pending action for contamination investigation and cleanup. … For the entire article, see http://www.guampdn.com/story/news/2017/10/15/25-years-later-andersen-air-force-base-still-cleaning-up-contamination-epa-says/764211001/ -- 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> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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