[CPEO-MEF] Air Force looklng for old munitions in Hawai'i

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Air Force relying on old-timers to identify past munitions sites 


By Karen Blakeman
Honolulu Advertiser 
February 3, 2006

Hickam Air Force Base and Bellows Air Force Station officials are
looking for a few older military members or civilians with memories of
pre-1980s skeet ranges, rifle ranges and explosive ordnance disposal or
chemical weapons sites at both bases.

"Old-timer interviews are going to be key," said Rick McComb, who is
heading the military munitions portion of the environment cleanup
program at Hickam. "We're looking for anyone who remembers ranges or
training sites that aren't currently in use."

McComb said old maps show general outlines of two skeet ranges and a
small-arms range that are no longer in use on the base, but no one
currently serving at the base recalls an explosive ordnance disposal
site mentioned on a national list of sites targeted for cleanup.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060203/NEWS08/602030359/1018/NEWS

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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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