Democrats Plan Inquiry Into Dispute Over Air Force Cleanup Pacts

By Suzanne Yohannan / October 30, 2007 at 5:00 AM
Defense Environment Alert -- The House Energy and Commerce Committee is planning to question top military officials over the Air Force's resistance to signing enforceable Superfund cleanup accords drafted by the Environmental Protection Agency, even as service and agency officials continue a dispute over which version of the accord is adequate. The committee has a "letter in the works" to query the Air Force on why it has not signed Federal Facility Agreements (FFAs) as drafted by EPA for several...

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