From: | CPEO Moderator <cpeo@cpeo.org> |
Date: | 18 Jul 2002 20:09:22 -0000 |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] Army engineers plan $200 million ordnance cleanup at old base |
Army engineers plan $200 million ordnance cleanup at old base By Don Thompson ASSOCIATED PRESS July 16, 2002 SACRAMENTO ? The Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday it plans to spend $200 million over the next 20 years to clean up about 2,000 acres of an old Army camp that has been turned over to private use 45 miles northeast of Sacramento. "There are literally thousands of these sites across the country," said corps spokesman David Killam. The corps anticipates it will take decades to clean up areas such as the former Camp Beale where soldiers trained during and after World War II. The camp at one point included bombing, rifle, mortar, demolition, and machine gun ranges. Nationwide, there are 2,743 such sites that require cleanup, according to corps. More than 400 sites are in California, which has more than twice as many as any other state. Crews have begun towing sophisticated metal detectors around 1,500 acres in what is now known as Camp Far West and about 500 acres in Big Oak Valley, straddling Yuba and Nevada counties, to estimate how much unexploded ordnance may still be present. This article can be viewed in its entirety at: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20020716-1342-ca-ordnancecleanup.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
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