DOD RESUMES PUSH FOR EXEMPTIONS FROM WASTE CLEANUP LAWS

DENVER -- The Bush administration has resumed its years-long push for Defense Department (DOD) exemptions from federal waste laws, a top DOD official says. The move, however, reverses the position the Pentagon previously took saying it was not going to pursue the CERCLA and RCRA exemptions this year, sources say. One congressional source says DOD did not follow the usual Office of Management & Budget interagency review process, circumventing EPA when it re-submitted to Congress the legislation, which is identical...