[전국]The US military return base said ‘the cleanup is over’ …

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Dozens of oil cans were spilled and estimated to have been spilled from the grounds of Chuncheon Camp Page, a controversial US military base that was returned on suspicion of insolvent cleanup.

It was an area where the Defense Ministry decided there was no abnormality after conducting a preliminary environmental investigation.

This is Hong Seong-wook.

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This is the page of the Chuncheon camp, the US military base returned in 2005.

While the cultural properties are being excavated, dozens of US military oil cans have been pulled out of the ground.

5 gallons per bucket, converted to liters, is an 18.9-liter can of oil.

The smell of oil vibrates as you get closer.

More than 20 drums of oil have already been extracted from the ground. However, as it looks like this, it is estimated that the number of oil cans buried in the ground is also significant.

Some are full of oil, but others are lost and seep into the ground, contaminating the ground.

This is not the first time that there has been controversy over soil contamination from the returned US military base.

In May, the city of Chuncheon was flooded with oil after digging the soil while the park was being built.

The US military left without liability due to SOFA regulations, and after three years of closed cleanup work on behalf of the Ministry of Defense.

The Defense Ministry carried out a preliminary investigation to identify the contaminated areas and commissioned the Rural Community Corporation to clean up.

However, the area where the oil drum was found was excluded from the cleanup because the Ministry of Defense decided there was no problem.

[김영현 / 춘천시 공공시설과장 : 이 구역은 국방부가 당시에 오염이 안 됐다고 사전 조사 시에 안됐다고 해서 환경 정화를 안 한 곳에서, 문화재 발굴과정에서 (기름통이) 나온 것이니까 결국은 국방부가 사전조사를 좀 부실하게 한 것이 아닌가….]

As it was revealed that the preliminary environmental investigation conducted by the Defense Ministry was unconventional, more detailed investigations will be carried out around the area of ​​the discovery.

The plan to build a citizen park on the returning US military base has again been withdrawn.

This is YTN Sungwook Hong.

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