Air Force Demanding Landfill Cleanup from Tennessee County

Date: March 30, 2005

Source: News Room

The U.S. Air Force (www.af.mil) is demanding that Coffee County, Tenn. (www.coffeecountytn.org), and its cities to pay millions of dollars to clean up the county's former landfill, which is located on the property of Arnold Air Force Base. The military says the county and the cities of Manchester and Tullahoma dumped hazardous materials in the now-closed landfill during the 17 years it was open. County leaders say they have done all the cleanup work that was asked of them, including supplying public water service to area residents because of groundwater pollution.

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