[CPEO-IRF] Ravenna Arsenal (OH) demolition

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Arsenal to raze wartime buildings No plans to burn structures


By Mike Sever
Ravenna Record-Courier (OH)
December 27, 2006

The last buildings that supplied hundreds of thousands of artillery 
shells and other munitions for American armed forces in World War II are 
coming down.

The U.S. Army has contracted to take down 110 buildings at three load 
lines at the former Ravenna Army Ammunition Plant east of Ravenna during 
the next two years.

"None (left), that's it," said Irv Venger, acting facility manager. "We 
will have some foundations to take out in due course, but the buildings 
are done."

There are no plans to burn any of the buildings. That was a concern of 
local residents who feared burning would release toxic chemicals into 
the air.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/1248182

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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>
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