Pentagon Faces Pressures To Abandon Push For Environmental Exemptions

The Department of Defense (DOD) is facing congressional pressures to look beyond environmental requirements and other factors that might restrict military training, and adopt policies to promote the management and use of training ranges. While DOD officials say they do not plan to give up on their efforts to win exemptions from key air and waste cleanup requirements, some see a shift in emphasis away from statutory exclusions to policies intended to sustain military operations at training ranges. In recent...