[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Clearing Bear Island (NC)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Bear Island searched for UXO


Lance Cpl. Victor A. Barrera
Camp Lejeune Globe (NC)
November 24, 2010


Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is being a responsible neighbor and 
ensuring that a half mile of Bear Island on Hammock’s Beach State Park, 
N.C., is free of unexploded ordnance.

"Roughly a year ago, when we discovered that a section of Bear Island 
fell in range of one of our rocket training areas, we conducted an 
aerial survey with a magnetometer and discovered metal under the surface 
of the beach, as well as the surrounding waters," said Dutch Schulz, a 
range development project officer with MCB Camp Lejeune. "Now we are 
reviewing what they found and ensuring that no unexploded ordnance is in 
the area."

Bristol Environmental Remediation Services, the company tasked with the 
job of locating any UXO, has investigated more than the 130 metallic 
readings on the island. As the mission drew to an end, they were proud 
to say that, although they had uncovered many metallic objects, none of 
them were unexploded ordnance.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.camplejeuneglobe.com/news/inside_lejeune/article_93c5a5c4-f722-11df-9f8e-001cc4c03286.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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