EPA and NASA Enter Agreement on Cleanup of NASA Wallops Flight Facility Site
Posted by Staff | Jan 18, 2021 | News | |
PHILADELPHIA (Jan. 15, 2021) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a consent order today to address contamination at the Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) areas of the NASA Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) Site, Accomack County, Virginia. Under the terms of the consent order, NASA will perform the following response actions with EPA oversight:
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study to determine the nature and extent of contamination at the site and explore possible remedies.
Proposed Remedial Action Plans to give the public an opportunity to comment on remedial options preferred by EPA and NASA.
He loved NBC,” his wife, Joan, said Saturday.
Veteran journalist Carol Marin, who retired in late 2020 as NBC 5 s political editor, said Tilmon was not just professional, but kind and generous with his time. A gentleman always, she said. And trusted by colleagues and viewers alike.”
The great Jim Tilmon died today in Phoenix at age 86. A veteran of WTTW, WMAQ and WBBM, Jim is beloved and remembered as a total gentleman and great colleague. Blessings to him and to the love of his life, Joan, kids and grandkids. Carol Marin (@CarolMarin) January 16, 2021
Tilmon served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers for eight years, and in 1965, joined American Airlines, becoming the airline’s third African American commercial pilot and the country’s fifth, according to a biography on the HistoryMakers website.
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