[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, PRIVATIZATION: County seeks more money for Camp Bonneville (WA) munitions response

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Camp Bonneville money sought
County presses Army for up to $40 million more to finish cleanup


By Erik Robinson
Columbian (WA)
January 21, 2010


Four years ago, critics of Clark County's plan to take a former Army 
military reservation raised concern that the Army was understating the 
hazard at Camp Bonneville.

Now, in an administrative appeal that culminates a long-running dispute 
between the Army and the county's lead cleanup contractor, the county is 
asking for another $30 million to $40 million in federal funding to 
remove old munitions. The county's case essentially boils down to this:

The critics had a point.

Read the claim and supporting documents at 
http://www.columbian.com/documents

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/jan/21/camp-bonneville-funds-sought/

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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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