[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Delta Range (CO) clearance planned

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

$2.5 million survey will search for old Army ammo

by Hank Lohmeyer
Delta County Independent  (CO)
May 18, 2011

A $2.5 million summer survey project will give officials a picture of  
the shrapnel, shell casings and possibly unexploded military  
ammunition strewn through the desert between Grand Junction and  
Delta. The area is known as The Delta Range

"The Colorado Army National Guard (ANG) is performing the  
investigation to determine the potential for recovering additional  
military munitions," states an advisory prepared by the ANG.

Reports of unexploded ordinance (UXO) found at the site date from  
1977. Various rockets, projectiles, mortars and grenades, some in  
unexploded condition, have been found by Army National Guard and Army  
Reserve personnel, by the BLM, and by private citizens. A total of 38  
munitions items have been recovered and cataloged between 1977 and 2003.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.deltacountyindependent.com/news/delta-area/21392-25- 
million-survey-will-search-for-old-army-ammo.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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