[CPEO-MEF] Dugway Proving Ground (UT) cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cleanup stirs little interest

By Stephen Speckman
Deseret Morning News (UT)
November 13, 2006

The conclusion to a quiet, long-term, $128 million cleanup effort at the 
Army's Dugway Proving Ground is getting closer, and while the effort 
includes covering or hauling away large amounts of hazardous waste, it 
hasn't captured much public attention.

"Dugway has accomplished a lot of environmental cleanup, especially over 
the past five years," said David Larsen, a geologist with the Utah 
Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste.

Public meetings are held several times a year, and one is scheduled for 
Monday. But people who attend the meetings say few residents of the 
communities nearest to this remote Army base ever show up. It's apathy 
that Larsen and others say is rooted in where Dugway is located and the 
minimal health risk to anyone beyond the base gates.

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For the entire article, see
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650206709,00.html

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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
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