[CPEO-MEF] Camp Edwards (MA) lead bullets

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Guard receives conditional OK to resume use of lead bullets

By Amanda Lehmert
Cape Cod Times (MA)
July 25, 2007

Starting in August, the Massachusetts National Guard will have 17 months 
to show it can use lead bullets at Camp Edwards while doing no harm to 
the Upper Cape's drinking water supply.

In a letter sent to the Guard yesterday, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency Regional Administrator Robert Varney agreed to temporarily lift 
the 1997 ban on lead ammunition at the base to test whether bullet traps 
and other measures are sufficient to protect the health of Cape residents.

"While our top concern is preventing pollution for the Upper Cape's land 
and water, EPA also recognizes that the Massachusetts National Guard has 
taken great strides in balancing environmental mandates with providing 
realistic training for our troops," Varney said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070725/NEWS/707250339/-1/NEWSLETTER02

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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
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