[CPEO-IRF] Badger (WI) ammo plant demolition

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

15 percent of Badger work complete

Baraboo News Republic (WI)
By Scott De Laruelle
June 14, 2006


In the 1940s Badger Ordnance Works employees built thousands of 
structures and laid countless miles of pipe and wire for the massive 
facility that helped win World War II. Today, a small army of workers 
are slowly tearing it down — a significant challenge because many 
buildings have contamination and toxic construction materials that must 
be removed.

Plant officials say safety and environmental concerns are keeping work 
at a slow, steady pace. Badger official Mike Sitton said demolition work 
is about 15 percent complete.

More than 200 workers from SpecPro, the Army's demolition contractor, 
are dismantling the buildings, wiring and piping that run throughout the 
facility.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.wiscnews.com/bnr/news/index.php?ntid=87563&ntpid=1
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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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