[CPEO-MEF] Letterkenny Army Depot (PA) and rocket disposal

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Depot eyes rocket work

By JIM HOOK
Chambersburg Public Opinion (PA)
September 20, 2007

Letterkenny Army Depot could be a step in the Army's effort to dispose 
of aging rockets in an environmentally friendly manner.

The U.S. Senate recently approved a Defense appropriations bill setting 
aside $6.5 million for the recovery, reuse and recycling of components 
from the Multiple-Launch Rocket System. The measure needs House approval 
and the president's signature.

The Defense Ammunition Center in McAlester, Okla., is researching ways 
to end the open burning of propellant from the MLRS, according to Ken 
Johnson, security manager at the Letterkenny Munitions Center. 
Production field testing would be developed at Letterkenny.

Letterkenny burns or detonates about 4 million pounds of conventional 
explosives every year at a barren site resembling a World War I battlefield.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.publicopiniononline.com/localnews/ci_6943040

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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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