EPA Pushes DOD to Curtail Legislative Range Exemption Language

By Suzanne Yohannan / February 10, 2004 at 5:00 AM
Defense Environment Alert -- EPA is pressing the Defense Department to strengthen the agency's ability to require emergency cleanups at operational testing and training ranges in an effort to gain EPA's support for broader legislation exempting the ranges from hazardous waste law requirements, government and congressional sources say. EPA's support would clear a key hurdle for DOD in pursuing its long-sought legislation exempting operational ranges from environmental laws. DOD appears likely to seek congressional approval of the draft legislation as...

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