
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Oops. I sent the wrong link.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It should be <a href="https://www.salina.com/news/20190226/salina-us-to-enter-mediation-in-environmental-lawsuit" class="">https://www.salina.com/news/20190226/salina-us-to-enter-mediation-in-environmental-lawsuit</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">LS</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 14, 2019, at 2:18 PM, Lenny Siegel <<a href="mailto:lsiegel@cpeo.org" class="">lsiegel@cpeo.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Salina, U.S. to enter mediation in environmental lawsuit<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">By Jason Beets <br class="">Salina Journal (KS)<br class="">February 26, 2019 <br class=""><br class="">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.<br class=""><br class="">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.<br class=""><br class="">The commissioners accepted the agreement following two executive sessions, which lasted a total of 50 minutes, where they discussed the matter with legal counsel.<br class=""><br class="">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.<br class=""><br class="">…<br class=""><br class="">For the entire story, see<br class=""><a href="https://weartv.com/news/local/homeowners-react-after-navy-determines-some-wells-near-saufley-field-are-contaminated" class="">https://weartv.com/news/local/homeowners-react-after-navy-determines-some-wells-near-saufley-field-are-contaminated</a><br class=""><br class="">--<br class=""><br class="">Lenny Siegel<br class="">Executive Director<br class="">Center for Public Environmental Oversight<br class="">a project of the Pacific Studies Center<br class="">P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042<br class="">Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 <br class=""><lsiegel@cpeo.org><br class="">http://www.cpeo.org<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">

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