Norton Meets with Army Corps of Engineers Commander to Discuss Chemicals Found in Spring Valley

Norton to Meet with Army Corps of Engineers Commander Today to Discuss Toxic Chemicals Found in Spring Valley

August 13, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will meet today with U.S. Army Corps Engineers Commander David Anderson at 1 p.m. in her office to discuss a flask containing the chemical agent mustard found in the District's Spring Valley neighborhood last week. Norton, who got a Subcommittee hearing on the 15-year clean-up of Spring Valley in June, also got a commitment at the hearing from the Corps to remain in Spring Valley until a complete clean-up is confirmed. Norton has worked with residents of Spring Valley, the Army Corps, and the Department of Defense on the clean-up of chemical weapons since they were discovered at American University and in other neighborhood sites. The Army Corps, claiming the clean-up of the site was complete, had left the site twice without consulting Congress only to be required to return when more munitions were found.