[CPEO-MEF] Pinecastle Range (FL)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Dirt from bomb site triggers new fears
Soil excavated at an old Army range was used in roads and in an Orlando 
community, records show.

Rich McKay
Orlando Sentinel (FL)
November 17, 2007

Tons of dirt excavated at the old Army bombing range in southeast 
Orlando was used to build nearby roads and as fill for the Vista Lakes 
neighborhood, according to official records.

World War II-era bombs, bomb fragments and related contamination could 
be mixed in with the soil used to fill in swamps, make berms and level 
the ground for homes, a school and roads, records from the Army Corps of 
Engineers and county planning office show.

"This is what we've feared all along," said Ron Cumello, a retired 
program manager for Lockheed Martin and president of the Vista Lakes 
homeowners association.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-bombs1707nov17,0,1322912.story

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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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