[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren (VA) and the Potomac River

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Stop weapons testing in the Potomac River!

By Pat Elder
Military Poisons
February 8, 2024

Last year the Potomac Riverkeeper Network and the Natural Resources Defense Council filed suit against the Navy in U.S. District Court in Maryland charging that the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren has been violating the federal Clean Water Act by firing munitions and releasing chemicals into the Potomac River south of  Dahlgren, VA, without a discharge permit.

The suit claimed, “If the Navy were ordered to secure a Clean Water Act permit for its Potomac River weapons testing activities, that would protect the recreational, aesthetic, and commercial interests of Plaintiffs’ members, because a permit would impose restrictions on the Navy’s discharges to ensure compliance with water quality standards in the river.”

On January 10, 2024 the Navy settled the lawsuit and agreed to apply for a pollution discharge permit from the state of Maryland. This a victory, although a lot depends “on whether the Maryland Department of the Environment will include adequate protections in the permit,” Dean Naujoks with the Potomac Riverkeeper Network told Inside Climate News.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.militarypoisons.org/latest-news/stop-weapons-testing-in-the-potomac-river-and-shut-down-the-naval-surface-warfare-center-dahlgren

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