Military sites, remedial action

Also, the military avoids remedial actions on the whole site and routinely tries to limit their efforts to the hot spots. It is sometimes very difficult to get them to sample even the four comers of the site. It is therefore imperative for the states to do enough archival research to support a request for facility-wide investigations. 

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Such a historical study should then be coupled with a list of specific concerns. In the present example, some remediation and study had already been done. Thus, some of the District of Columbia s concerns focused on the extent and quality of the prior work. By phrasing the historical discoveries as concerns, the option is somewhat left open to the military as to how to alleviate the District s concerns. If the District were instead to require some specific action at the outset, it may make it difficult for the them to accept less, even if subsequent study and expert opinion deem less to be satisfactory. Finally, Congress charged the Corps of Engineers with the responsibility for remediating the sites, whereas the states were left with only being lead regulators. ... 

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