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Article: USAF TO SEEK WAIVER ON CLEANUP BASE OFFICIALS SAY WATER TESTS CAN'T MEET STANDARDS.(News)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- June 14, 2004
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Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE - Air Force officials said they would seek waivers from environmental regulators allowing them to halt efforts to clean up contamination on a site in a rocket-engine test area.
The Air Force has removed more than 5,000 pounds of a solvent contaminant from groundwater beneath a former rocket component repair and maintenance shop, but estimates it would take another $40 million to remove what it could. And even then, officials maintain, the water would not meet state cleanup standards.
``It's not a walking-away deal,'' said Gary Hatch, spokesman for the base's environmental management office. ...