[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, NATURAL RESOURCES: Ft. Wingate, NM settlement

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army OKs $1.5M settlement for pollution at former depot
The U.S. Army has reached an agreement with Zuni Pueblo, the Navajo Nation and the state of New Mexico to pay $1.5 million toward restoring environmental damage done at a former munitions depot

Associated Press
April 3, 2022
 
	
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Army has reached an agreement with Zuni Pueblo, the Navajo Nation and the state of New Mexico to pay $1.5 million toward restoring environmental damage done at a former munitions depot.

The proposed settlement filed in federal court involves Fort Wingate, a former Army installation near Gallup that was used as a munitions storage and disposal site before being closed in 1993.

Under the proposed settlement announced by state officials last week, about $1 million would go for restoration projects, $117,000 for cultural services damage and $314,000 to cover past and future costs of the state Natural Resources Trustee’s Office.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.elpasoinc.com/army-oks-1-5m-settlement-for-pollution-at-former-depot/article_b9e5e198-f748-59d8-af26-165e6c8cc471.html

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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