[CPEO-MEF] Munitions, FUDS: Western Stove site, San Bernardino (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

No weapons-related residue found at San Bernardino site


By MARK MUCKENFUSS
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
June 30, 2009

A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study says San Bernardino residents don't 
have to worry about soil or groundwater contamination from a World War 
II weapons plant at the north end of the city.

The study, performed by Parsons Infrastructure and Technology Group Inc, 
a Georgia-based company, is part of an ongoing effort by the Army Corps 
to assess munitions sites throughout the nation.

In 1942, Western Stove Co. contracted with the military to make various 
types of incendiary bombs and hand grenades. The plant was located at 
the end of a short railroad spur near Mount Vernon Avenue and 27th Street.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_weapons01.3774bfb.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>
http://www.cpeo.org



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