[CPEO-MEF] Munition found at Orland (FL) subdivision

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

PAFB unit called to dispose of munition

Orlando Sentinel (FL)
November 29. 2007

ORLANDO - The 45th Civil Engineer Explosive Ordnance Unit from Patrick 
Air Force Base was called to dispose of a 23-pound practice bomb 
uncovered at an Orlando subdivision near where a search has been ongoing 
at a site used by the military in the 1940s.

A private contractor working Thursday for Lennar Homes discovered the 
munitions, an M40 practice bomb, which was determined to he inert, at 
the Warwick Subdivision at Vista Lakes.

Because of the discovery, the Army Corps of Engineers will expand its 
investigation.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071129/BREAKINGNEWS/71129060/1086

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org


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