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Courts order disclosure of USFK base pollution assessment
:Upon USFK relocation, courts side with groups moving to transform USFK lands into new uses
By Noh Hyun-woong
Oct. 13, 2010

A series of court rulings have emerged stating that the Ministry of Environment must disclose findings of environmental impact assessments (EIA) on pollution at U.S. Forces in Korea (USFK) bases to the public. Analysts have predicted other similar disclosures in the days ahead as base transfers proceed with the relocation of USFK.

On Tuesday, the Fifth Administrative Division of Seoul Administrative Court, under Judge Lee Jin-man, announced that it had ruled in favor of the Busan Branch of the Korean Federation for Environmental Movement (KFEM) in its suit against the Ministry of Environment. The branch was requesting that the court overturn a decision not to disclose the results of an environmental pollution study conducted at Camp Hialeah, a USFK base in Busan.

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