Ft. McClellan ordnance not destroyed

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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State shuts down McClellan cleanup
ADEM: Contractor not destroying old ordnance

MARY ORNDORFF
Birmingham News (AL)
August 3, 2004

WASHINGTON - State environmental regulators shut down a cleanup of old 
Fort McClellan property Friday after finding that an Army contractor was 
hiding, not destroying, unexploded mortar rounds.

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management issued an 
administrative order citing Tetra Tech FW Inc. of New Jersey with a 
violation of state hazardous waste law.

The company was hired as a contractor by the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers in Huntsville to clean up the "Charlie" property of the former 
Fort McClellan in Calhoun County. There is still unexploded ordnance in 
the area, including 81 mm mortar rounds.

"When they find it, using qualified personnel, it should be destroyed - 
rendered safe by qualified personnel," said Stephen Cobb, chief of the 
government hazardous waste branch of ADEM. "In this case, it appeared 
some items were removed from the designated cleanup area and disposed of 
in another adjacent area."

The Corps of Engineers said it is cooperating with ADEM's order, which 
was received late Friday.

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for the entire article
http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1091524596300170.xml

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