[CPEO-IRF] Clark County approves Camp Bonneville (WA) plan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Officials take role in cleanup at Army site
Camp Bonneville - Clark County rejects pressure to leave the military to 
take care of ordnance and waste

ALLAN BRETTMAN
The Oregonian
July 26, 2006

VANCOUVER -- Camp Bonneville, a 3,800-acre site contaminated with 
ordnance from years of Army training use, is a hazard to Clark County, 
but the county is better off forging ahead with a cleanup plan, the 
board of commissioners decided Tuesday.

Five speakers urged the commissioners at their weekly meeting to reject 
entering into a cleanup agreement with the Army.

They argued that the property is unsafe, the Army made it that way, and 
the Army alone should be responsible for cleaning it up. Some of the 
critics also said the proposed use of the property -- turning several 
acres into a public park -- was inappropriate. And two veterans urged 
the commissioners to consider allowing a military cemetery to be 
established on the property.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.oregonlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/metro_north_news/115389333520610.xml?oregonian?nn&coll=7

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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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