[CPEO-MEF] VOCsw, FORMER SITES: Mediation at former Schilling Air Force Base (KS)

[Lenny Siegel]

Salina, U.S. to enter mediation in environmental lawsuit


By Jason Beets 
Salina Journal (KS)
February 26, 2019 
 
A lawsuit between four local governments and the U.S. federal government regarding environmental pollution at the location of the former Schilling Air Force Base may be nearing a conclusion.

The Salina City Commission voted Monday evening to enter into a mediation process agreement with the federal government, which could bring an eight-year-old lawsuit, concerning soil pollution created more than 50 years ago, to a close.

The commissioners accepted the agreement following two executive sessions, which lasted a total of 50 minutes, where they discussed the matter with legal counsel.

Personnel at the former Schilling Air Force Base, which was operated by the U.S. Department of Defense from 1942-65, used a toxic chemical to clean airplanes, which ended up in the soil, according to Utilities Director Martha Tasker.

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For the entire story, see
https://weartv.com/news/local/homeowners-react-after-navy-determines-some-wells-near-saufley-field-are-contaminated

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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<lsiegel at cpeo.org>
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