[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, MUNITIONS: Umatilla Chemical Depot (OR) planning

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Contamination at Umatilla clouds land-use issue

By Richard Cockle
The Oregonian
October 31, 2009

HERMISTON -- With the Army on track to destroy the last of the deadly 
mustard agents at its Umatilla Chemical Depot in 2011 and return the 
sprawling property to public use, developers from ports to tribes are 
drawing up plans.

But contamination and unexploded weapons could delay any transfer, 
possibly for years.

The 19,728-acre depot 11 miles west of Hermiston has plenty of land for 
industrial development. It also has 50 miles of interior rail lines, 
easy access to Interstates 84 and 82, and close proximity to two 
Columbia River ports and a Union Pacific main line, said Scott Fairly, 
spokesman for Gov. Ted Kulongoski.

"Where else in the world do you have nearly 20,000 acres that can be 
developed with interstate access?" asked Brian Cole, who heads a 
consulting team helping plan the depot's future.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/contamination_at_umatilla_clou.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>
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