Well what is new? The Army was told this by the RAB
back in the late '90's with the 'smokescreen' of 'no historical
data, lets talk to those who trained on site and still are alive
and living near it, etc. etc. etc.' The biggest 'hooey' was 'ooo
there was only ONE firing fan' and all the 'hoopla' to 'prove it'
till those 'elusive historical data maps magically' showed up and
revealed the whole 3800 acres was nothing more than criss-crossed
firing fans from every direction imaginable. The Army was told
over and over again during those RAB meetings 'you are here to
serve and protect along with 'you made the mess-YOU clean it up'.
Here it is-what-almost 15+ years later?-and its the same sad and
pathetic story. I wonder where the honor/valor and integrity is
within this branch (really any of them) of the military? Maybe
they use a different dictionary than I do. As for the county
commissioners at the time-all I can say is i'm glad at least one
county commissioner in Clark County is standing up for what is the
moral/ethical and legal thing to do! Those beautiful acres are
'deadly' under that surface and someone's child or grandchild has
a very real probability of getting 'hurt, maimed or killed' from
those UXO's.
Stella Bourassa
Former RAB member of the Camp Bonneville BRAC
On 6/2/2011 3:41 PM, Lenny Siegel wrote:
Army given ultimatum on Camp Bonneville cleanup
County says pay for it, or no contract renewal
By Stephanie Rice
Columbian (WA)
June 1, 2011
Clark County officials have given the Army a July 14 deadline to
commit to continue paying for the extensive cleanup of Camp
Bonneville.
Otherwise, the county will not renew a contract with the Army to
oversee the cleanup, Commissioner Marc Boldt said Wednesday, and
plans to use the property as a regional park may be put off
indefinitely.
Boldt told Commissioners Tom Mielke and Steve Stuart that
negotiations with the Army, which used the 3,840-acre site in east
county as an artillery range and training area from 1909 to 1995,
have stalled.
The multimillion-dollar cleanup, overseen by the state Department
of Ecology, has crawled along and been marked by cost overruns and
funding disputes.
...
For the entire article, see
http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/jun/01/its-not-our-responsibility-to-clean-up-their-mess/
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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
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