[CPEO-MEF] Kirtland Air Force Base (NM) UXO

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

[Kirtland is one of numerous active installations with closed ranges 
that now have significant munitions response programs. - LS]


Kirtland AFB Streamlines Munitions Response Process

Wayne Bitner, Environmental Restoration Kirtland AFB
UXO Info
June 28, 2007

Thirty-three potential Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP) sites 
are located on Kirtland AFB over an area of approximately 15,812 acres. 
Access to most of these sites is controlled by physical factors (signage 
and inaccessibility), but even with these controls in place there has 
been occasional military and civilian exposure to UXO items located at 
the ground surface in the area. Because these sites are slated for 
future response actions under the MMRP, no attempts had been made 
previously to remove the UXO items.

During FY06, a Wide Area Assessment (WAA) was conducted at the Kirtland 
MMRP sites. A field reconnaissance carried out as part of the WAA 
required the assistance of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams when 
several UXO items were encountered.



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For the entire article, see
http://uxoinfo.com/blogcfc/client/index.cfm/2007/6/28/Kirtland-AFB-Streamlines-Munitions-Response-Process

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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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