Reader question: 1,400 TCE-contaminated military sites?
We just received the following reader question by email:
Update: You may also recall, this is the same presentation in which the Air Force calculates DOD's current cost of TCE clean-up at $5 billion. They speculate that this cost could increase by over $5 billion more if TCE is officially declared more dangerous than previously thought or regulated any further because of it. Air Force would bear $1.25 billion of this cost increase. Here's what those slides looks like:
I have read several recent newspaper articles that state DOD has identified 1,400 DOD sites that are contaminated with TCE. Do you happen to have a copy of or know where I can obtain the underlying documentation for that statement?Yes. The documentation is available here (as we first reported in March 2005). If you follow the link, download the powerpoint presentation, and find slide # 10, here's what you'll see (click slide to enlarge):
Update: You may also recall, this is the same presentation in which the Air Force calculates DOD's current cost of TCE clean-up at $5 billion. They speculate that this cost could increase by over $5 billion more if TCE is officially declared more dangerous than previously thought or regulated any further because of it. Air Force would bear $1.25 billion of this cost increase. Here's what those slides looks like:
