Waikoloa UXO cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Engineers ahead of schedule in clearing Waikoloa ordnance

By Joe Bonfiglio
Army News Service 
July 12, 2004


 HONOLULU, Hawaii (Army News service, July 12, 2004) -- The Army Corps
of Engineers is ahead of schedule in clearing unexploded ordnance on the
big island of Hawaii, at the 123,000-acre former Waikoloa maneuver area. 

The area is located between the villages of Waimea and Waikoloa on the
northwest part of the big island, running roughly from the ocean on the
west to the foothills on the east. 

The Navy used part of the area for artillery firing during World War II
and the remaining acres were used for troop maneuvers. Waikoloa included
the largest encampment on the island of Hawaii, camp Tarawa, consisting
of about 467 acres of tents and Quonset huts. The 2nd Marine Division
was assigned to Waikoloa in December 1943 for five months of training,
in preparation for the Saipan-Tinian campaign. Up to 40,000 troops
passed through Waikoloa during World War II.

Now the Honolulu Engineer District is working to clean up the Waikoloa
Formerly Used Defense Site, known in some circles as FUDS.

"It's going much better than we anticipated," said Chuck Streck, the
district's project manager for Waikoloa FUDS. 

...

for the entire article, see
http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=6147

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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>
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