[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: "Camp Bonneville [WA] cleanup is still stalled for talks"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Camp Bonneville cleanup is still stalled for talks

Army, county trying to divide responsibility

By Erik Robinson
The Columbian (WA)
April 25, 2011
Army and Clark County officials are trying to forge a new agreement  
for converting a former artillery range into a future county park.

Next month marks a year since Clark County sidelined its primary  
cleanup contractor after the removal of unexploded ordnance stalled  
over cost overruns and funding disputes. In 2006, the Army provided  
$28.6 million under a fixed-price contract.

The county's contractor found and removed hundreds of unexploded  
munitions, but much remains to be done.

The Army greatly underestimated the environmental pollution and  
extent of old munitions on the 3,840-acre site in east Clark County.  
County officials said they are negotiating with Army representatives  
on what it will cost to finish the cleanup.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/apr/25/camp-bonneville-cleanup-is- 
still-stalled-for-talks/


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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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