[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Pinecastle Jeep Range, Orlando, Florida

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Residents seek answers about chemical hazards from old bombing range

Rich McKay
Orlando Sentinel (FL)
August 25, 2009

Residents who live on or near a former World War II-era bombing range 
want to know when the Army Corps of Engineers will tell them what 
chemical hazards might be lurking in their ground and water.

"As a member of this community, I want to know if I'm safe cutting the 
grass in my yard," Aida Gonzalez said during a meeting the Corps held 
Tuesday night in southeast Orlando. "I want to be satisfied that there 
are no chemicals in the water or in the soil. We haven't heard that."

...

Since July 2007, the Corps has spent more than $10 million and has 
removed more than 400 live bombs, rockets and grenades from the former 
Pinecastle Jeep Range off Lee Vista Boulevard. The 12,483-acre site was 
used in the 1940s to train bombardiers.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/orl-bombing-range-082509,0,4841812.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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