[CPEO-MEF] Belvoir Ranch (WY) missile site TCE

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Water lies below hills at Belvoir

By Jodi Rogstad
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
August 31, 2007

CHEYENNE - A source of water lies beneath the hills at the Belvoir Ranch.

It's a source that has enough liquid to add two wells, possibly three, 
to the city's water arsenal.

...

But that water bears traces of the Cold War in the form of TCE, or 
trichloroethylene, which was once a commonly used degreaser and cleaner.

The Belvoir Ranch was home to Atlas Missile Site 4, where first Atlas E 
then Minutemen missiles were kept. The Air Force used TCE to clean 
rocket fuel tanks.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2007/08/31/local_news_updates/19local_08-31-07.txt

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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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