Camp Bonneville cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Bonneville Cleanup an Explosive Situation 

By ERIN MIDDLEWOOD
The Columbian (WA)
July 22, 2004 

PROEBSTEL - A field here is yielding an unusual harvest. 

Barbed wire. Pieces of a blown-up car. Rifle casings. A 155 mm artillery
shell. 

A contractor for the U.S. Army has uncovered these items since early
June, when workers began digging at Camp Bonneville. 

The Army stopped training at the 3,840-acre base north of Camas in 1995,
but its plans to turn over the land to Clark County for a regional park
have stalled because unexploded munitions and other pollution riddle the
property. 

After years of investigating the extent of pollution at the base, the
Army has begun the actual cleanup. 

...

for the entire article, go to
http://www.columbian.com and do a search for "Camp Bonneville"

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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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