[CPEO-MEF] Former Sahuarita Air Force Range (AZ)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Water contamination feared at old range
U.S. inspectors also looking for contamination

By Rob O'Dell
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
October 12, 2006

A former bombing and gun range south of the city is being combed by 
federal inspectors looking for unexploded ordnance and potential soil 
and water contamination.

Subdivisions now dot the edges of the 40-square-mile former Sahuarita 
Air Force Range, once on the outskirts of Tucson, which was used from 
1942 to 1962.

The groundwater testing is of particular interest because the city owns 
or leases land in the range that's used by Tucson Water for nine 
groundwater production wells.

About 10 miles of the former range are within the city limits, with the 
rest state trust land that is undeveloped and used mainly for cattle 
grazing.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/150701

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org


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