Fearing Precedent, Army Seeks Alternative to EPA Cleanup Order

By Suzanne Yohannan / October 31, 2007 at 5:00 AM
Defense Environment Alert -- The Army is attempting to strike a deal with the Environmental Protection Agency to limit the reach of an enforcement cleanup order the agency issued in late August for a Maryland base. The service fears that the order sets a significant precedent because for the first time it imposes cleanup requirements not only on property currently owned by the Army but also on land that the military had transferred to another federal department. On Aug. 27,...

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