AIR FORCE SIDESTEPS DISPUTE WITH EPA, TENTATIVELY AGREES TO CLEANUP

The Air Force has tentatively agreed to continue to clean up contaminated groundwater at a former California base under an existing EPA remediation plan, sidelining a formal dispute between the military and regulators over the cleanup remedy until technical issues can be further evaluated and discussed. Senior leaders within the Air Force, EPA Region IX, California Department of Toxic Substances Control and California Regional Water Quality Control Board agreed to defer final action on how to address volatile organic compound...