[CPEO-MEF] Aging tetryl to be moved to Oklahoma

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Talon explosives shipped out of W.Va.
Army ends plan for strip-mine disposal

By Ken Ward Jr.
Charleston Gazette (WV)
April 4, 2007

U.S. Army officials have given up their plan to dispose of old military 
explosives by using them as blasting boosters at mountaintop removal 
mines in Southern West Virginia.

After a high-profile accident involving the explosive tetryl, the Army 
shipped remaining amounts of the material to a military installation in 
Oklahoma, officials confirmed this week.

About 360,000 pounds of tetryl boosters were trucked to the McAlester 
Army Ammunition Plant near McAlester, Okla., where they were 
demilitarized, said Army spokesman Steve Abney.

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For the entire article, see
http://sundaygazettemail.com/section/News/2007040320

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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Fax: 650/961-8918
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