[CPEO-MEF] Montana Guard plans ordnance removal

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State Guard gears up for ordnance removal

By MARTIN J. KIDSTON
Helena Independent Record (MT)
October 4, 2005

Just beyond the creep of development in the North Hills, a team of 
ordnance technicians are working to rid a 50-year-old impact zone of 
unexploded rounds ranging from artillery shells to armor-piercing 
projectiles.

In a staging area set about a half-mile from the Diamond Springs Road 
Impact Area, teams with the Montana Air and Army National Guard braved a 
cold October chill Monday gearing up for this latest round of ordnance 
removal.

A similar process was carried out near here in 1997 when the Guard 
initiated a remediation project after reviewing the area's history as a 
firing range, one that lasted until 1960.

In that sweep, according to archives, technicians removed 10 unexploded 
rounds lying 18 inches below the surface.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/10/04/helena_top/a01100405_02.txt


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Lenny Siegel
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