[CPEO-IRF] Ravenna Arsenal (OH) demolition

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Demolishing the Arsenal

By BILL RODGERS
Warren Tribune Chronicle (OH)
Janary 15, 2007


RAVENNA — Check, double-check and check again will be the mantra at the 
Ravenna Army Ammunition Plant as contractors prepare to surgically 
dismantle 110 old buildings this month at the historic munitions arsenal.

A team of inspectors will evaluate and re-evaluate each site for 
explosive hazards as demolition contractors use grapple machinery to 
take apart the buildings that were used to assemble bombs and 
high-caliber artillery fired during World War II through the Vietnam 
War, said arsenal facilities manager Irving Venger.

‘‘We’re going to analyze the explosive hazard, building by building,’’ 
Venger said of the plan. ‘‘We’re not going to demolish with abandon.’’


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For the entire article, see
http://www.tribune-chronicle.com/News/articles.asp?articleID=13478

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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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