[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, CLOSURE: Ft. Monroe (VA) cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Before exit, Army cleans ordnance from Fort Monroe

Kate Wiltrout
The Virginian-Pilot
May 17, 2009

FORT MONROE

Chemistry, physics, geology, history: Cleaning up this military post 
encompasses those subjects and more.

The Army is due to leave the fort in 2011. Before it does, it must dig 
up buried explosives and fix contaminated spots. That means taking into 
account Fort Monroe's history as a bastion of coastal defense, then as 
an artillery school, before its evolution into one of the Army's premier 
think tanks.

Three of the biggest potential problems on the 570-acre post include a 
former landfill, the moat encircling the old stone fort, and the former 
medical/dental clinic, where mercury and radioactive traces may have 
leached into the soil. Two low-profile, Navy-owned buildings near the 
marina complete the list of possible hot spots.

Maps and photos show where many artillery batteries, cannons and gun 
emplacements were located, and from there, physicists can calculate 
where ordnance would have landed.


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For the entire article, see
http://hamptonroads.com/2009/05/exit-army-cleans-ordnance-fort-monroe

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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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