European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 21. 1989 the stars and stripes Paga 9 army cleaning soil at old fuel depot site  Stuttgart Bureau Lulow Risburg West Germany the army is spending j1.5 Milli Onlo clean several decades accumulation of spilled fuel in the soil at a ludwigs Bufi fuel depot and 16 million on a new facility designed to prevent future soil contamination. Since .1951, when the army  the depot in the City s osterholz District i Csc fuel and gasoline often have leaked Inlo the soil through a gravel rail bed. But it was the highly puhhci7cd Acci Dontai nighttime release of some 17.qoo Gallons of i Csc fuel on Jan. 15, 1985, that finally prompted inc army to solve the problem. I guess the incident pushed us into doing a major construction project As soon As we  said col. Michael Ward Vii corps director of Engi Neering and housing. The cleanup project May Lake until 1993 to finish. The first stage now in Progress involves pumping fuel and water out of the top 12 feel of soil it the old Ransfer site then draining off con laminated air in the ground through charcoal fitters workers then will remove a huge fuel Bubble floating on top of the deeper ground water pumping it Oul through two 40-fool walk they will draw off air in 1 he ground through 2$ 33-foot Bor Ings. Workers already have remove about  tons of mildly cons Ami Nalcy soil for disposal at a nearby land fill Vii corps officials said. " think he pollution abatement is obviously the Mot difficult Purt of the  army project Engineer Tony top Ping said adding hat the army and West German government officials have yet to determine what extent 6f decontamination will be deemed acceptable. We still have to Cross thai  the new  official Hopewell serve As 3 Model for similar projects will consist of a fuel pumping station Arail terminal a fuel truck loading area a fuel storage building a parking arca and nine underground tanks with a total capacity of 555,555 Gallons. The Railroad and motor vehicle areas will rest once ment pads with modern drainage and water purification systems. The  construction project began in october and is esp cled to be finished in june 199 1, the army s 1.1th Maint Fin Sperai pipes Prol Nidini from he Suli arc used o filter and bed Uff Contin Ninalee or at i he army s Fud Dupol in Laid Sab a Mph Owan ing a  in.  the construction is under Way will return to of strhol when the new fuel depot is operational. In the Wake of the 1985 Accident the army agreed to a 1984 German proposal the formation of a a member environmental committee of army representatives and Baden guru Emburg state officials. The committee of which Ward is the . Co chairman has participated closely in planning and Mon storing Lac Osler holi improvements. City and county officials have re acted favourably to  although spokesmen for the Green party said that the work is Long overdue and that the fuel depot Dot s not belong where it is in the midst of a residential area Ward said complicated . Govern ment funding procedures arc the reason for the delay. I be added that the houses near the fuel depot were built after the depot itself was established there. Erich Minier Lite cons auction director for the slate environment ministry and inc.-. Committees German co chairman said army participation on the commit tee shows an awareness of environmental problems. Canadian and French forces also  Badin  Butich stale has no such working relationship with them. Mail for said he French have declined to form a joint  despite Poilu Ion problems at their installations. Ward said the. Pste Sholz project incorporates the latest German Environ mental requirements and therefore will serve As a Model for  depot modernization project we re looking at every single. 1 of Petroleum Oil and lubricants site in the. Vii corps area for an upgrade Ward said adding that a depot in Bam Burg in the neighbouring Siulc Toffli Iviria seems to be the a Cal Likely target. The  Commilles also has planned construction of a $1.2 Mil lion scaled storage site for hazardous materials in Mannheim replacing in Quidor site in . Construction is to begin this summer after two years of planning. Loco French elections give Mitterrand a boost Paris a the socialists wrested control of several Large cities from conservative and Center right parties in municipal elections that Pany Leaden said represented a Vole of con Laden be in president Francois Mitterrand. It s a u by Beautiful and very Ampie Victory for the president the government and the presidential Majori  socialist Premier Michel retard said of sunday s vote. Ii is the first Lime that we have seen a government receive a powerful popular encouragement during the Munici Iii  socialist Interior minister Pierre Jose. Said. The  of the municipal elections was held last week. In communities where no slate won 50 per cent of the vote than. All slates that won at least 10 percent were eligible to participate in the second round the turnout was estimated at from 72 percent to 73.5 percent. It was the ninth trip to the polls for the Trench in less than a year. Conservative bastions such As Strasbourg mul House rest. Dunkirk Orleans. Blois a Ignon and Quimper Feli Inlo socialist hands on sunday the right made some inroads into leftist territory but in general won fewer smaller cities Many of the conservatives problems were caused by he extreme right National front which siphoned votes from the traditional rightist parties in the run offs. The conservative rally for the. Republic or apr and the Center right uni ii for French democracy re fused to ital with l in National front for second round support. The National front s Campaign focuses largely on anti immigration and Law and order issues. It would be an exaggeration to believe that we Are seeing a grass roots wave for inc presidential majority apr Secretary general Alain Juppe said. Ii s True that the socialist Pany is retaking a. Part of the terrain that it had lost in i9e3, but Only a  the Overall number of municipalities with a Popula Tion of More than.30,000 lost by he right was Small but the right lost important cities while taking smaller less i a Portal ones from the left. The right had made serious gains in the country s City councils in 19bj. Two years after the socialists came to Power nationally. Former conservative Premier Jacques Chirac the mayor of Paris turned in one of inc few smashing victories of the night. On he National level he said we have seen the socialists win Back cities they lost six years ago. And Nis a Victory for them. On the other hand he number of abstention its the Large number of Voles for the eco log St and National from slates expresses a  perhaps the socialists most satisfying Victory came in Strasbourg where they ousted Art incumbent Center right mayor in an election in which the ecologist Scalf also won 12 percent the results confirmed Thi leftist trend Hatire Elk cited Mitterrand last Spring and gave him a leftist Majori by in the National Assembly. Frequently total elections arc used As a Means of protesting government policy but that was not the ease this year. Races largely were fought on local issues. There was a Little Good news on he right however. Chirac who won a grand slam in 19h3 by taking All 20 of Paris districts repeated the Feut despite Ai Cliff Hanger in the 20th District where National front Leader can Marie  pen s slate Drew away  of Voles. It was satisfying for Chirac who took a battering from Mitterrand in presidential elections last May. Another grand slam was registered by Michel not a conservative Deputy in the National Assembly and former foreign Trade minister noir a dynamic 45 year Oid politician won All nine of the districts in the Southeastern cily of l on France s third largest municipality defeating a Center right incumbent la pen said the traditional Righi s strategy of Refus ing to Deal with the National front had failed Cyl again. The National front has shown by its Success that it accepting the National from is