Fight Over Iraq War Funding Bill Could Delay Some Cleanups, Army Says

By Suzanne Yohannan / May 1, 2007 at 5:00 AM
Defense Environment Alert -- The dispute between congressional Democrats and the White House over the fiscal year 2007 emergency supplemental spending bill could delay some active base cleanups because the Army has announced it is suspending the obligation of $100 million in contracts and work funded under the service's environmental restoration account, an Army official tells Inside EPA . The limits will also delay obligating money for any contracts not yet awarded that relate to other environmental programs, such as...

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