Air Force Responsible for Asbestos Cleanup
Article Added April 28th, 2007 - Print This Story - Bookmark This Story
A Federal Court decided this week that the US Air Force would be responsible for the cost of cleaning up asbestos on one of their bases in Colorado. The suit was brought forth when the Air Force would not pay for removal of the asbestos. For the first time, Section 330 of the National Defense Act was implemented in a court case against the US Air Force. The Sector states that any development conducted on a former military base that finds materials on the land can revert the responsibility of cleanup back onto the military. A development company that had bought the former Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, Colorado, and found asbestos in the soil when work began, filed the suit in 2005. A Federal Claims court agreed that the Air Force was responsible for the safe removal and disposal of the asbestos found on the base, since the material had not been disclosed to the developer. The abatement racked up a $9 million bill, of which the majority will be born by the military. Asbestos can pose health threats, as exposure to the material has been linked to emphysema and mesothelioma, a form of lung cancer. Mesothelioma can take years to manifest, and is usually fatal at the time of diagnosis.
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