2006 CPEO Installation Reuse Forum Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 27 Jul 2006 21:25:34 -0000
Reply: cpeo-irf
Subject: [CPEO-IRF] Opposition to Camp Bonneville (WA) deal
 
Opponents of Camp Bonneville sound off


By THOMAS RYLL The Columbian July 26, 2006

The next child to venture into Camp Bonneville will almost certainly be blasted into bits.

The next person to punch a well nearby will almost certainly pump contaminated water.

To hear opponents of the transfer of the camp to county ownership talk, the former military facility is a thin layer of dirt and ferns over enough live munitions to refight World War II. Its groundwater is a festering plume of pollution with designs on leaking outside the park's boundaries. And a walk in the hoped-for park, regardless of how many millions are spent on hunting down bombs, rockets and grenades, will never be any safer than a combat patrol.

The only suitable use for Camp Bonneville, according to one recent scheme, is for people who are already dead.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/07262006news45930.cfm
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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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