[CPEO-MEF] CHEMWEAPONS, FUDS: Spring Valley (DC) 75mm shell

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

More ammo unearthed

By Christopher Cottrell
American University Eagle (DC)
January 20, 2010

The Army Corps of Engineers unearthed more munitions debris next to the 
Public Safety building during this winter break.

On Jan. 4, workers found a single 75mm round buried four feet underneath 
a concrete slab that they had removed in front of the building's lower 
entrance, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Project Manager 
Dan Noble.

Although heavily corroded and empty, the projectile was still largely 
intact.

Noble said the round was a "closed cavity item," or had an internal 
space that was totally sealed off. Such items undergo an X-ray and, if 
determined to be empty, a subsequent destruction process eliminating 
potential trace chemicals.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.theeagleonline.com/news/story/more-ammo-unearthed

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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
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