[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, FUDS: Kanahena Point and Kanounou Point, Maui, HI

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Threat level low, but two sites on Maui might merit further cleanup

By CHRIS HAMILTON
Maui News (HI)
May 8, 2008


While the Allies were vanquishing the Nazis and America focused on the 
Pacific War, the Hawaiian Islands became a major staging area and 
training ground for thousands of Army and Marine amphibious units and 
naval aviators.

According to new draft reports by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, an 
undetermined amount of unexploded munitions from practice bombing runs 
and target exercises remain in Maui County.

Draft reports for four former target zones say a safety risk remains 
more than 60 years later, although the potential harm to the public 
appears to be fairly minimal.

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For the entire article, see 
http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/503516.html

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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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