[CPEO-MEF] CHEMWEAPONS, FUDS: Spring Valley (DC) Explosive Destruction System

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Chemical weapons cleanup blast set to go in D.C.

Deborah Simmons
Washington Times (DC)
April 15, 2010

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' plan to detonate some World War I-era 
chemical weapons in the Spring Valley neighborhood remained Wednesday in 
place as the city dashed to have a public-safety plan ready to go.

The detonation remains scheduled for Thursday, as has been the case for 
weeks. However, residents pushed their better-safe-than-sorry approach 
to lawmakers, and city officials agreed to come up with a safety plan 
though it was still being devised late Wednesday afternoon.

The corps plans to denote 24 chemical munitions found on federal 
property in Spring Valley — home to the embassies of Qatar and South 
Korea, Sibley Memorial Hospital, the Dalecarlia Water Treatment Plant 
and pumping station, Wesley Theological Seminary and American University.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/15/chemical-weapons-cleanup-blast-set-to-go-in-dc/



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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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