[CPEO-MEF] Deep Creek, Washington

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Army to Deep Creek residents: That's not our rocket fuel

John Langeler
KXLY TV News 4 (Spokane, WA)
July 25, 2007


Homeowners near Reardan for years have been asking who contaminated the 
local groundwater with chemicals found in rocket fuel. The blame has 
long been pointed at decommissioned missile sites but the military says 
it’s not responsible.

During the height of the Cold War the U.S. Army operated a Nike Hercules 
anti-aircraft missile battery at a location known as Fairchild Nike 87 
between 1958 and 1966. The site included multiple magazines for the 
missiles and the missile launchers themselves.

Today it’s just known as Deep Creek, and deep underground in the water 
are chemicals found in rockets that were used by the Army at the missile 
battery during the Cold War, however the Army is now saying there’s no 
conclusive evidence that their rocket fuel leached down into the water 
table.

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For the entire story, see
http://www.kxly.com/news/?sect_rank=1&section_id=559&story_id=13128

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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>
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