Spring Valley: Toxic Waste Contamination in the Nation's Capital : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on the District of Columbia of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session, July 27, 2001U.S. Government Printing Office, 2002 - 336 pages |
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57th Ordnance Detachment action activities American University Experiment archives Army's ATSDR AUES Baltimore District Benjamin Ladner burial of munitions buried munitions Camp American University Camp Leach campus cancer chemical warfare chemical weapons claims cleanup Colonel FIALA concerns conducted CONGRESS THE LIBRARY construction project contamination coordinated Corps of Engineers Court decision Department of Health Detected dinitrotoluene District of Columbia documents Edgewood Arsenal effort Environmental Protection Agency excavation F.Supp Federal Formerly Used Defense Fort McClellan FTCA FUDS Glenbrook Road hazardous homeowners identified July 27 LADNER Lewisite LIBRARY OF CONGRESS located materials MORELLA NORTON Occupational Health Office Ordnance Detachment EOD plaintiff points of interest remediation request response Scientific Advisory Panel soil sampling Spring Valley area Spring Valley community Spring Valley Scientific Subcommittee summary judgment Superfund survey testing Thank toxic U.S. Army Corps United University's Valley Scientific Advisory VOLTAGGIO Walker Washington
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Page 188 - The remedial action requirements are derived principally from the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA), as amended.
Page 113 - Services, is to prevent exposure and adverse human health effects and diminished quality of life associated with exposure to hazardous substances from waste sites, unplanned releases, and other sources of pollution present in the environment.
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Page 68 - Federal agency" includes the executive departments, the judicial and legislative branches, the military departments, independent establishments of the United States, and corporations primarily acting as instrumentalities or agencies of the United States, but does not include any contractor with the United States. "Employee of the government...