Camp Bonneville editorial

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Opinion - In Our View: The Unused Camp

editorial writers
The Columbian  (WA)
April 27, 2004

It's with bittersweet approval that we acknowledge summer plans by the
Army to start removing ordnance and other pollutants from Camp
Bonneville in far east Clark County.

Granted, for any government department or agency to clean up a prime
piece of real estate should be welcomed excitedly by any community.
However, many people in Clark County remain frustrated that no firm
plans have emerged for the ultimate use of Camp Bonneville, despite
diligent efforts and the passage of many years.

As Erin Middlewood reported in Sunday's Columbian, clean-up efforts will
begin this summer to remove explosive compounds, including
cancer-causing ammonium perchlorate and RDX from the 3,840-acre site
north of Camas. Camp Bonneville was used for 85 years by the Army for
training exercises.

The wooded area beautiful in many respects but hazard-filled with
munitions and other pollutants is a good reverse-role model for
intergovernment cooperation.

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for the entire editorial, see
http://www.columbian.com/04272004/clark_co/139099.html

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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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