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Blue Grass Whistleblower Investigation Continues
The United States continues to investigate charges of retaliation against a Blue Grass Army Depot employee who claimed that faulty air monitors in chemical weapons storage igloos were putting facility employees at risk, the Richmond (Ky.) Register reported Tuesday (see GSN, Aug. 26, 2005). Air-monitoring unit operator Donald Van Winkle filed a whistleblower complaint in September under the Clean Air Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. By that time he had already been reassigned for raising the issue of safety at the Kentucky facility, according to an affidavit released the previous month. “The investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor into the retaliation Mr. Van Winkle has suffered and continues to suffer is ongoing,” said Richard Condit, general counsel for the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. “The Army inspector general has completed an investigation of some of the technical issues Mr. Van Winkle has raised and we are awaiting a copy of the report, which was due Dec. 16.” The Army has refused to return Van Winkle to his previous job, Condit said. While the investigations continue and the Army considers his status, Van Winkle will not have access to chemical weapons storage areas, the Register reported (Ronica Brandenburg, Richmond Register, Jan. 3).
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