[CPEO-IRF] Deseret Chemical Depot

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Keeping depot might boost jobs

But foes fear Utah may have to take dangerous shipments

By Joe Bauman and Doug Smeath
Deseret Morning News (UT)
August 25, 2005

Environmentalists are outraged that the Base Realignment and Closure
Commission has voted to extend the life of Deseret Chemical Depot, but
Tooele County officials say such a move could mean more jobs in the area
and may be a safer way to destroy conventional weapons.

By keeping the Army's $1 billion incinerator in business beyond the time
when it has destroyed all of the chemical arms stored in the Tooele
County stockpile, opponents to the facility say it opens the door for
the military to ship dangerous material to the state for destruction.

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For the entire article, see
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600158408,00.html
 (UT)
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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org
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