Re: [CPEO-MEF] Dugway Proving Ground expansion

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Submitted by Floyd Cannon <Doug.Cannon@siinet.ngc.com>

Judge Jenkins said that he would not require the Army to spend more to
clean up the mess than the property is worth.  However, this was not a
provision in the original contract that the Army signed with my grandfather.

 Montgomery Watson did an estimate for the Corp of Engineers and they
estimated that it would cost about $12 Million to clean up the area
around the Yellow Jacket patented claim. However, the Army bombed all 89
mining claims.  The estimate did not include the underground workings in
the mining district.  Therefore, the cleanup costs could run into the
$100's of Millions.  I thin that is why they want to just take it under
eminent domain and stop the potential bleeding.

Thanks for your continued help.

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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
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