From: | CPEO Moderator <cpeo@cpeo.org> |
Date: | 25 Feb 2002 16:48:40 -0000 |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] Camp Hale ordnance cleanup may take years |
Camp Hale ordnance cleanup may take years By Steve Lipsher Denver Post Mountain Bureau Sunday, February 24, 2002 - LEADVILLE - Cleanup of potentially deadly World War II-era ordnance being discovered around Camp Hale could take 10 years or more, and federal funding of the project is uncertain, authorities disclosed at public-information meetings last week. "If I had to guess right now, I would say 10 years from now we're still addressing some of the lower-priority areas," said Jeff Swanson, project manager for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. And because the cleanup money comes from the underfunded Formerly Used Defense Sites program of the Department of Defense, even immediate efforts aren't guaranteed beyond this year, Swanson told a gathering at the Delaware Hotel in Leadville. "Every year, more and more sites are identified around the country, and there's not more money going into the program every year," he said. The complete story may be viewed at: HTTP://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1002,53%257E422806,00.html | |
Prev by Date: Re: [CPEO-MEF] Digest for cpeo-military@igc.topica.com, issue 475 Next by Date: RE: [CPEO-MEF] Digest for cpeo-military@igc.topica.com, issue 475 | |
Prev by Thread: [CPEO-MEF] New Defense Environmental Budget Figures Next by Thread: [CPEO-MEF] Gulf War Veterans |