[CPEO-MEF] Guard violations at Camp Edwards (MA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Guard scolded for base lapses

By AMANDA LEHMERT
Cape Cod Times (MA)
December 22, 2005

CAMP EDWARDS - Army National Guard officials were called on the carpet
this week for violating environmental regulations at Camp Edwards on the
Massachusetts Military Reservation.

 Local National Guard leaders met with state environmental officials
Monday and yesterday about the recent violations. They also discussed
what the Guard will do in the future to make sure it is in compliance
with state environmental protection regulations and state endangered
species laws.

 The violations occurred during two construction projects to update old
firing ranges, during which 6.5 acres of pitch pine and scrub oak trees
were clear-cut. And a ban on using lead ammunition at outdoor ranges was
violated in October during a Guard training session at which lead
bullets were used for target practice.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/guardscolded22.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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