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

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Report: Camp Edwards bullet trap plan hits bull's-eye

By George Brennan
Cape Cod Times (MA)
May 15, 2008

Less than 1 percent of the 30,000 rounds of lead bullets fired at Camp 
Edwards since last July have eluded a bullet trap containment system, 
according to a report released by the Massachusetts National Guard this 
week.

Those bullets were the result of ricochets, over shots and a few rounds 
that hit the sand box traps, according to the 125-page report.

State and federal environmental officials are closely monitoring the use 
of the bullet trap, a STAPP system consisting of an 18-inch layer of 
ground rubber that absorbs shots and keeps toxic chemicals from seeping 
into the ground.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080515/NEWS/805150313/-1/NEWSLETTER100

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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
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