[CPEO-MEF] Former Camp Wheeler (GA) ordnance

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Twiggs County neighbors divided about removal of explosives

By S. Heather Duncan
MACON TELEGRAPH (GA)
November 14, 2005

Residents of a Twiggs County neighborhood littered with explosives are
being asked in the next few months to let the government clean it up.
Many residents seem willing to sign the required right-of-entry
contracts, but some question whether there's enough money to finish the job.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is coordinating the cleanup of the
Redbud Drive/Dogwood Road neighborhood in Twiggs County, which was once
part of a firing range for the World War II army training ground called
Camp Wheeler.

A survey last year by contractor EOD Technology found mortars, grenades
and other ordnance that could still explode. EODT has now been hired to
remove the ordnance and is meeting individually with land owners about
the process.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/13160917.htm

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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>
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