[CPEO-MEF] Army Guard Admits Artillery Pollutes Cape Cod Base

[joelf@cape.com]

Please Post: STUDY OF CAMP EDWARDS, ON CAPE COD CONCLUSIVELY SHOWS THAT
ARTILLERY TRAINING CONTAMINATES SOIL AND GROUNDWATER.

The following appeared in today's ( 7 June) Cape Cod Times. For the full
article, log on to www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/guardreverses7.htm.

Thanks,
Joel

Guard reverses contamination stand 
Military concedes testing may have a role in base pollution.

By KEVIN DENNEHY
STAFF WRITER
As more results emerge from soil and water testing at Camp Edwards, it
turns out that federal environmental officials and the military might not
be that far apart on one conclusion: High-fire training was a likely factor
in years of base pollution.

National Guard officials now agree that high-explosive training, not just
improper disposal of munitions, might have played a part in Upper Cape
groundwater contamination, something long asserted by the federal
Environmental Protection Agency.

Preliminary data taken from monitoring wells near known targets on the
"impact" area show high levels of Royal Dutch Explosive, or RDX, in the
soil, and in the groundwater where the particles would have likely migrated.

Of 21 wells installed in early March, 14 have shown high levels of the
explosive material, said Lt. Col. Joseph Knott, the MMR project officer
with the National Guard Bureau. A team of Army scientists is scheduled to
visit the base next month to confirm the data.

Joel Feigenbaum
ph: (508) 833-0144
24 Pond View Drive
E. Sandwich MA 02537



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