EPA DELAYS KEY MASSACHUSETTS CLEANUP DECISION TO PUSH NRD TALKS

EPA is withholding a final decision on a cleanup plan for one of the Air Force's most expensive cleanups, in an attempt to push forward negotiations over natural resource damages (NRD) at the base. Regulators, trustees and the military are wrestling with potential natural resource damages in the cleanup of Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR), one of the first bases in which NRD issues have surfaced. EPA officials charge that the Air Force has not followed through on commitments to conduct...