[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Salt Creek Recreation Area/Camp Hayden (WA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Field tests find lead in small area of Salt Creek soil

By Tom Callis
Peninsula Daily News (WA)
August 7, 2009


JOYCE -- A small area -- about 330 cubic yards of soil -- at Salt Creek 
Recreation Area's former shooting range was found to be contaminated 
with lead, according to field results taken by the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency.

Measurements must be confirmed by lab tests, said EPA investigator Kathy 
Parker.

During the three-day field study that ended Thursday, Parker and two 
hired contractors found that the "impact zone," which would have been 
the hillside behind the shooting targets, have levels of lead that 
exceed the state cleanup level of 250 parts per million.

...

The former shooting range, located in the woods of the southeast portion 
of the park near the Striped Peak trail head, was initially used by the 
Army when the land was Camp Hayden during World War II.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090807/news/308079993

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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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