CALIFORNIA, NAVY CONTINUE WRANGLING OVER BASE-CLEANUP FUNDING

The California toxics department continues to struggle with the armed services over appropriate funding for cleanup of military bases throughout the state, mainly because federal officials have stepped up their scrutiny of the state cleanup program. Consequently, officials with the Department of Toxic Substances Control can only maintain project sites with minimal staffing. "We can't do much planning about what our resource level is," said a DTSC source. "If the ultimate answer is a cut [in funds] it would be...