Someone left a mess at CGX !

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Yeah, because what's underneath CGX is any worse than what's underneath
ORD, LAX, MIA, etc. Get off our case. If Daley hadn't ripped the
airport up, no one would have cared.

Personally, I hope if GA gets a bad name over this, that Daley loses his
dream of a park and gets stuck with the cleanup fees, plus whatever the
FAA decides to stick him with. I lived in Chicago until this year, and
still consider myself fortunate to have landed at CGX multiple times.

Personally, I hope if GA gets a bad name over this, that Daley loses his
dream of a park and gets stuck with the cleanup fees, plus whatever the
FAA decides to stick him with.

That's the best case scenario. Worst case: Aviation gets another black
eye, and the FAA ends up being liable for "contamination" at every airport
in America. Imagine how happy that would make the environmental wackos?
Nothing like adding another 6,000 "superfund clean-up sites" to ensure their
future employment indefinitely...

I lived in Chicago until this year, and still consider myself fortunate to
have landed at CGX multiple times.

Me, too. I flew into Meigs on several occasions, and they were all
memorable. What a great airport! What a shame to lose it...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

In article Aoskf.600081$_o.157508@attbi_s71,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

Worst case: Aviation gets another black
eye, and the FAA ends up being liable for "contamination" at every airport
in America.

I wouldn't think that a likely scenario since the FAA doesn't run/operate/own
any airports.

--
Bob Noel
New NHL? what a joke

Worst case: Aviation gets another black
eye, and the FAA ends up being liable for "contamination" at every
airport
in America.

I wouldn't think that a likely scenario since the FAA doesn't
run/operate/own
any airports.

I hope you're right, but.... The FAA is the over-arching, controlling
agency here.

EPA doesn't own any old, abandoned gas stations (with leaky underground
tanks), but they're responsible for cleaning them up, right?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

In article %Iskf.600200$_o.417202@attbi_s71,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

EPA doesn't own any old, abandoned gas stations (with leaky underground
tanks), but they're responsible for cleaning them up, right?

even when the owner is known?

--
Bob Noel
New NHL? what a joke

Jay Honeck wrote:

EPA doesn't own any old, abandoned gas stations (with leaky underground
tanks), but they're responsible for cleaning them up, right?

I don't think so. Mainly they force the owners to clean them up.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

by "Jay Honeck" jjhoneck@[EMAIL PROTECTED] Dec 4, 2005 at 02:43 AM


Worst case: Aviation gets another black
eye, and the FAA ends up being liable for "contamination" at every
airport
in America.

I wouldn't think that a likely scenario since the FAA doesn't
run/operate/own
any airports.

I hope you're right, but.... The FAA is the over-arching, controlling
agency here.

EPA doesn't own any old, abandoned gas stations (with leaky underground
tanks), but they're responsible for cleaning them up, right?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"


Actually EPA is NOT responsible. They (like the FAA) only set
regulations. In a superfund cleanup, Potentially Responsible Parties
(PRPs) are identified, and then sued for the cleanup costs. Litigation
usually goes on for years.

In this case, I would expect the owners (city of Chicago) and businesses
responsible for causing the pollution (e.g. FBOs) to be sued.

Its not an anti-GA thing at all. Other highly polluting industries have
been named as PRPs in many Superfund suits.

On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 02:43:07 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

Worst case: Aviation gets another black
eye, and the FAA ends up being liable for "contamination" at every
airport
in America.

I wouldn't think that a likely scenario since the FAA doesn't
run/operate/own
any airports.

I hope you're right, but.... The FAA is the over-arching, controlling
agency here.

EPA doesn't own any old, abandoned gas stations (with leaky underground
tanks), but they're responsible for cleaning them up, right?

EPA is responsible for finding "someone" to blame, fine, and force to
do the clean up, or pay for it on top of the fine. In the case of a
city owned airport it's going to be the city and that means the tax
payers.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Bob Noel wrote in
:

I wouldn't think that a likely scenario since the FAA doesn't
run/operate/own any airports.

I believe they operate Washington National (Reagan) and Dulles.

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority is an independent body
created by the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia. It
has been approved by the U.S. Congress to operate and maintain Ronald
Reagan Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International
Airport. The Authority is a public body, corporate and politic and is
independent of all other bodies. It is not an agency of the Commonwealth
of Virginia or the District of Columbia, nor is it a federal agency.

http://www.mwaa.com/index.htm

"John Godwin" wrote in message
...
Bob Noel wrote in
:

I wouldn't think that a likely scenario since the FAA doesn't
run/operate/own any airports.

I believe they operate Washington National (Reagan) and Dulles.