[CPEO-MEF] Churchill UXO

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Company hired to clean up Churchill bombs

CBC News (Winnipeg)
March 21, 2005

WINNIPEG - The federal government has hired a private 
explosive-decontamination company to remove unexploded bombs the 
American military left behind in Churchill.

The American military operated a massive air force base in Churchill 
during the Cold War, but pulled out in the 1980s.

Transport Canada owns and operates the airport and land where the bombs 
have been found. Spokesman Bill Ferguson says disposing of the bombs 
will cost Canadian taxpayers nearly $1 million.

"The government of Canada took over the site from the U.S. military when 
they abandoned it," he says. "There's been agreements in place where 
Canada will take over the responsibility for environmental cleanup."

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For the entire story, see
http://winnipeg.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=mb_churchill-bombs-20050321
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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
http://www.cpeo.org


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