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<p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><font size=6 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:26.0pt;font-family:Garamond'>C</span></font><font size=6
face=Garamond><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:Garamond'>SWAB</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=2
face=Garamond><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Garamond'>Citizens for
Safe Water Around Badger</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=2
face=Garamond><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Garamond'>E12629
Weigand’s Bay South - </span></font><font size=2 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Garamond'>Merrimac</span></font><font
size=2 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Garamond'>, </span></font><font
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</span></font><font size=2 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Garamond'>53561</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=2
face=Garamond><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Garamond'>Phone (608)
643-3124 - Fax (608) 643-0005</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=2
face=Garamond><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Garamond'>Email: </span></font><font
size=2 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Garamond'>info</span></font><font
size=2 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Garamond'>@cswab.org</span></font><font
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Website: www.cswab.org</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Garamond;layout-grid-mode:line'>January 6, 2009</span></font></p>
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11.0pt;font-family:Garamond;color:red;layout-grid-mode:line'> </span></font></p>
<h2><b><font size=2 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Garamond'>PRESS RELEASE</span></font></b></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Garamond;layout-grid-mode:line'>For Immediate Release</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Garamond;color:white'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Garamond;layout-grid-mode:line;font-weight:bold'>For more </span></font></b><b><font
size=2 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Garamond;
layout-grid-mode:line;font-weight:bold'>info</span></font></b><b><font size=2
face=Garamond><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Garamond;layout-grid-mode:
line;font-weight:bold'>rmation contact:</span></font></b></p>
<h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=2 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Garamond;font-weight:normal'>Laura Olah</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Garamond;
font-weight:normal'>, CSWAB (608)643-3124</span></font></h1>
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<h1 align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b><font
size=6 face=Arial><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-weight:normal'>Communities
Urge Environmental Protection as Priority in Defense Policy</span></font></b></h1>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=3 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Garamond'>Citizens for Safe Water Around
Badger (CSWAB) has joined communities across the country in urging
President-elect Barack Obama to make environmental protection a priority within
the Department of Defense (DoD). In a joint letter to the Obama
transition team, the groups urge the new administration to create a high-level
position at the Pentagon with responsibility for energy, environment and
sustainability policies. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=3 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Garamond'>The letter, which has nearly 100
signatories, comes from current and former residents of communities impacted by
defense activities, current and former defense employees and military
personnel, and organizations that work with these constituencies. Their
health, properties, and communities have been affected by military pollution.
</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=3 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Garamond'>This letter cites years of Bush
policies that favored DoD to the detriment of the environment. In recent
years the military has consistently pushed – with some success –
for legislative exemptions from environmental laws, contested EPA cleanup
orders, and undermined EPA’s efforts to set risk levels for military
toxins. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=3 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Garamond'>Upon taking office, Bush demoted
the DOD environment position to an Assistant Deputy Undersecretary post.
The groups ask that the Defense Department create a high-level position
within the Office of the Secretary of Defense at the Undersecretary
level. The appointee should have a clear commitment of protecting public
health and the environment and building a sustainable future.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=3 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Garamond'>Environmental leaders within DoD,
the groups say, must recognize that the military is not above the law and
should be subject to environmental regulation by U.S. EPA, states, tribal, and
local governments like any other entity. Existing public involvement
strategies – like the local Restoration Advisory Board for Badger Army
Ammunition Plant – should be strengthened and expanded to assure that
affected communities are involved in both local and national policy
decisions. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><font size=3 face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Garamond'>CSWAB was organized in 1990 by
neighbors of the closing Badger Army Ammunition Plant and has been a driving
force in the successful cleanup and conversion of the plant to conservation and
sustainable agriculture.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Garamond'>END</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#804040'>--</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color="#804040" face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#804040'>Laura Olah,
Executive Director</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color="#804040" face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#804040'>Citizens for Safe
Water Around Badger</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color="#804040" face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#804040'>E12629 Weigand's Bay
South</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color="#804040" face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#804040'>Merrimac</span></font><font
size=2 color="#804040" face=Georgia><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia;color:#804040'>, </span></font><font size=2 color="#804040"
face=Georgia><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#804040'>WI</span></font><font
size=2 color="#804040" face=Georgia><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia;color:#804040'> </span></font><font size=2 color="#804040"
face=Georgia><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#804040'>53561</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color="#804040" face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#804040'>(608)643-3124</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color="#804040" face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#804040'>Email: </span></font><font
size=2 color="#804040" face=Georgia><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Georgia;color:#804040'>info@cswab.org</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color="#804040" face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#804040'>Website:
www.cswab.org</span></font></p>
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