[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, FUDS: Camp Mackall, NC

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Property declared safe after six decades


By Tom MacCallum
Richmond County Daily Journal (NC)
May 21, 2008

After 63 years, Millstone 4-H Camp has been declared safe by a military 
munitions team charged with making sure the 348 acres don't pose a threat.

"No human or ecological health risks are known based on results of the 
soil and surface water sampling and analysis conducted during this site 
investigation," said a report conducted for the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers.

...

Ever since the end of World War II and the decommissioning of training 
fields at Camp Mackall - most of which are now part of the Sandhills 
Game Land and Millstone Camp - the USACE has conducted periodic studies 
to be sure no live munitions remain in the area.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/articles/2008/05/22/news/news03.txt

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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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