[CPEO-IRF] Opposition to Camp Bonneville (WA) deal

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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.

...

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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