[CPEO-MEF] Ravenna Arsenal (OH) munitions response

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Bomb cleanup plan targets Ravenna Arsenal
Deadly blast in '43 of special interest

Karen Farkas
Cleveland Plain Dealer (OH)
October 15, 2006

Windham Township- Edna Wilson's skill at double-clutching got her a job 
driving trucks at the Ravenna Arsenal during World War II.

...

Last month, Portage County residents learned for the first time that 
41,000 pounds of cluster bombs exploded that day, with debris spreading 
over more than 600 acres.

Most of the debris landed inside the arsenal, but some fell over about 
20 acres of private property near Nichols and Smalley roads in Freedom 
Township.

Although decades have passed, the government wants to make sure no 
debris remains and no one has unearthed and kept any live ammo as 
"souvenirs," said Mary Ellen Maly, the Military Munitions Response 
Program manager.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/summit/116090148384740.xml&coll=2

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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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