[CPEO-MEF] CHEMWEAPONS, PESTICIDES: Colorado sue Army at Rocky Mountain Arsenal

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Rocky Mountain Arsenal continues to leak contaminants into groundwater, Colorado health department lawsuit says
Contaminants include organochlorine pesticides, heavy metals and solvents

By KIRK MITCHELL 
Denver Post (CO)
April 16, 2019 

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has sued the U.S. Army claiming that dangerous chemicals including pesticides continue to leach into groundwater at Rocky Mountain Arsenal .

The Colorado department’s Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division filed the lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court in Denver to force the Army to comply with standards set by the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA).

CDPHE is asking the federal court to compel the Army to install or modify the existing treatment system to effectively prevent pollutants from contaminating groundwater, the lawsuit says.

Organochlorine pesticides, heavy metals, agent degradation products and manufacturing by-products, and chlorinated and aromatic solvents are getting into groundwater in unsafe levels, it says.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/04/16/rocky-mountain-arsenal-chemicals-groundwater-lawsuit/

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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
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<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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