[CPEO-MEF] Camp Edwards (MA) bullet trap

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Bullet trap stops lead in its tracks
A self-sealing rubber system at Camp Edwards that prevents lead bullets 
from entering the ground protects the Upper Cape's water.

By Aaron Gouveia
Cape Cod Times (MA)
September 9, 2007

CAMP EDWARDS - For the first time in a decade, soldiers at Camp Edwards 
are firing lead bullets.

The bullets were banned in 1997 after they were considered a threat to 
the drinking water supply beneath the Upper Cape. The ban on lead was 
lifted in August, and yesterday a group of about 50 soldiers fired into 
a new bullet catching system at Tango Range.

The bullet trap, called a STAPP system, is equipped with a self-sealing 
rubber membrane that allows the bullet in, then closes after a round 
passes through. The system stops the lead bullets from entering the 
ground and causing contamination thanks to a liner, layer of ground 
rubber and then the top cover.

Col. Bill FitzPatrick, deputy director of the Massachusetts National 
Guard Environmental and Readiness Center, said yesterday's session at 
the firing range was the first since problems were discovered with the 
bullet catching system in early August.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070909/NEWS/709090355/-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
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Fax: 650/961-8918
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