[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Searching the Ft. Monroe (VA) moat

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Fort Monroe moat yields scattered debris

By Hugh Lessig
Newport News Daily Press (VA)
November 11, 2010

HAMPTON - An up-close look at one of Virginia's most unique features - 
an honest-to-God moat that circles a fort - has yet to unearth anything 
weird or exciting.

No carcass of an undiscovered sea creature. No corpses of long-lost 
gangsters.

But for those undertaking the very serious work of cleaning up Fort 
Monroe, lack of excitement is good news.

This week, workers in chest-deep water are scouring the bottom of the 
moat where pieces of metal rest under the muck. The areas were 
identified last year during a sweep with acoustical and magnetic-sensor 
equipment, said Robert Reali, the BRAC environmental coordinator in the 
post's Directorate of Public Works.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.dailypress.com/news/military/dp-nws-fort-monroe-moat-20101111,0,3517177.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
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