[CPEO-IRF] Clark County seeks "early" transfer decision for Camp Bonneville (WA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Clark seeks OK for camp cleanup
Army land - The county must get the governor's approval for transfer 
before ordnance is removed

HOLLEY GILBERT
The Oregonian
August 23, 2006

VANCOUVER -- The Clark County Board of Commissioners is seeking 
gubernatorial approval of a cleanup plan for Camp Bonneville before the 
county takes possession of the contaminated 3,840-acre tract.

The board unanimously agreed Tuesday to send Gov. Chris Gregoire a 
letter asking her to determine if the plan, devised by the state 
Department of Ecology and Clark County, would adequately protect 
residents before, during and after the five-year cleanup process.

Federal law requires the commissioners to get the governor's approval if 
the surplus U.S. Army land is to be transferred to the county before it 
is cleared of unexploded ordnance and other hazards. The area, about 
five miles east of Vancouver, was used for military training from 1909 
through its closure in 1995.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.oregonlive.com/metronorth/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/metro_north_news/1156308925169090.xml&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
http://www.cpeo.org

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