Military Toxics Project
Networking for Environmental Justice
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MTP Action Alert Help stop sweeping new military exemptions from the laws that protect our health and our air, water, and soil. For the past three
years, the Department of Defense (DOD) has requested unnecessary and dangerous
blanket exemptions from the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA -
hazardous waste law), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act (CERCLA - Superfund toxic cleanup law), and the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Military neighbors, states, public health officials, editorial boards, and
environmental organizations have all opposed these sweeping new exemption
proposals, pointing out that no government agency should be above the law. DOD
cannot provide even one example of a situation in which these laws have hampered
military training. Despite these facts, the Pentagon has publicly declared its
intention to seek these exemptions in 2005. The health of millions of people who
live near DOD facilities is at risk. Please Act Now! What You Can Do - Contact your U.S. Representative and both U.S. Senators. Find out how to contact them at http://www.congress.org (enter your zip code in the box). - Let them know that you are opposed to any public health or environmental exemptions of any kind for the Department of Defense. - Check back here for updates, or sign up for our email Action Alerts. |
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