The Nation - News from April 23, 1985
Efforts to clean up hazardous waste sites on military bases around the country could cost as much as $10 billion and stretch well into the next century, a General Accounting Office report to Congress said. The report noted that as many as 473 military bases may have inactive hazardous waste sites on their property, and Rep. James J. Florio (D-N. J.), in making the report public, said the military has committed only $202 million to “its fledgling efforts” to identify and assess the sites.
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