[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, CLOSURE: Underwater ordnance at Ft. Monroe (VA)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Fort Monroe beach means waves, sand - ammo?
Bullets and shells shot over the water could've gone as far as Norfolk 
and Virginia Beach.

By MATTHEW STURDEVANT
Newport News Daily Press (VA)
August 12, 2008

HAMPTON

- A former machine shop, an old landfill, offices where photos used to 
be developed and artillery ranges are among 33 sites at Fort Monroe that 
could be contaminated and require cleanup before the Army leaves the 
military base in September 2011.

The Army on Monday released an inventory of places that might have 
hazardous materials. Of the sites, 17 might have fairly common 
contaminants including lead paint, pesticide or gasoline-soaked soil. 
The 16 munitions sites might have live bullets and explosives.

What's missing from the inventory is a plan for recovering bullets and 
artillery shells shot out over the water, which likely landed in the 
Chesapeake Bay, Hampton Roads or even parts of the cities of Norfolk and 
Virginia Beach, according to Army documents.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-local_ftmonroe_0812aug12,0,2520293.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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