[CPEO-MEF] Congressman calls for Camp Bonneville UXO cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

BAIRD WORKING FOR SOLUTIONS AT CAMP BONNEVILLE 
ARMY CAN'T JUST WALK AWAY, U.S. REP SAYS 

Sunday, April 15, 2001 By ERIN MIDDLEWOOD, Columbian staff writer

U.S. Rep. Brian Baird plans to tour Camp Bonneville this week in an
effort to rescue plans for public use of the former Army base. 

    The Army stopped training at Camp Bonneville in 1995 and began
cleanup with the intention of retiring it as a military installation and
handing over the 3,800 acres to Clark County for a regional park. 

    But the Army announced in March that it can't afford the $30 million
to $70 million it would take to remove unexploded artillery shells and
make Camp Bonneville safe. 

    Instead, the Army is considering transferring use of the base to the
Washington Army National Guard, which would not require the same
extensive cleanup. The news was crushing to the county, which had
developed a plan to turn Camp Bonneville into a regional park with
trails and picnic areas.

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For the entire story, see

http://www.columbian.com/04152001/clark_co/189636.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 222B View St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/968-1126
lsiegel@cpeo.org
http://www.cpeo.org

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