Word: epa
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...departments in order to advance major policies quickly and efficiently. The Departments of Energy and Interior, for example, might form a kind of task force with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Sources close to Transition Central say the President-elect is now leaning toward elevating EPA to Cabinet-level status. Top choice for Secretary of EPA: former Colorado Senator TIM WIRTH...
...collaboration with trade groups, has launched a four-week test of a new cleaning method that eschews all chemical solvent and depends instead on biodegradable soaps along with heat, steam and pressing. The experiment uses clothing volunteered by government employees in Washington and New York City. First up was EPA chief William Reilly, who turned over his regulation blue suit...
...other fenced-in, treeless site on this picturesque peninsula that juts into Chesapeake Bay. Yet for decades, O Field served as a dumping ground for vast amounts of toxic chemicals. Soil tests show concentrations of benzene and trichloroethylene (TCE) that are hundreds of times higher than the acceptable EPA limits; the vinyl chloride level is 1,500 times greater than allowed...
...FORCE. McClellan Air Force Base, 10 miles northeast of Sacramento, California, is on the EPA's Superfund worst-case list, and virtually every other air base has its share of problems. Maintenance crews at McClellan used powerful solvents to strip paint from F-15 aircraft and remove grease from F- 111 engine parts. A major electroplating operation dumped chrome, lead and other metals into the ground. Altogether, the Air Force has discovered 177 toxic sites on McClellan's 3,500 acres. Local water wells have been shut down because of contamination. At one site, the TCE level...
Military officials have legitimate complaints about the difficulties of working with the maze of federal and state regulations, and with the bureaucracy that enforces them. The Pentagon also contends that the EPA's standards are too exacting. "EPA would have us restore the world cleaner than God made it," complains a Pentagon official. Even dedicated environmentalists are beginning to say some cleanups need cost-benefit analysis. "There comes a point when the investment is simply too great, considering the tiny risks involved," says Lewis Walker, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment. Perhaps. But considering the scale of military...