[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL: "Defense ministry not to expand clean-up project at Incheon USFK base"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Defense ministry not to expand clean-up project at Incheon USFK base

By Jung Da-min 
Korea Times
September 10, 2019

An ongoing clean-up project for Camp Market, a contaminated U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) base in Bupyeong-gu, Incheon, “cannot be expanded” to other areas outside the base despite Bupyeong-gu Office's call for this, the Ministry of National Defense said Tuesday. 

Bupyeong-gu Office had earlier sent an official document to the ministry, requesting a “simultaneous clean-up” of other areas near the former military compound where some carcinogens have been detected. It said the costs for the clean-up will be greatly reduced if the ongoing clean-up inside the former U.S. base site is expanded to include the surrounding area.

But the defense ministry said the request was not acceptable due to a relevant law. 

“In principle, Parcel B (an outside area) of Camp Market can be clarified after the return of the base is completed and it should be reviewed later to discern who is responsible for the contamination and the clean-up of the base's surroundings,” the ministry said in a statement.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2019/09/371_275421.html

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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