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Citing Lejeune progress, Burr lifts hold on Navy nominees
A North Carolina senator will allow the appointment of two top Navy officials to go forward after blocking their nominations because of a dispute over water contamination at the Camp Lejeune, N.C., Marine Corps base.
Republican Sen. Richard Burr had blocked the appointments because the Department of the Navy, which includes the Marines, had refused to fund a congressionally mandated $1.53 million mortality study on the impacts of the toxic water at the base.
This week, the Navy sent Burr a document proving it had released $8.8 million for the mortality study and a handful of other studies related to the water contamination. All will be conducted by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, a division of the Centers for Disease Control.