[CPEO-MEF] CLOSURE, CHEMWEAPONS: Pentagon halts Umatilla Chemical Depot (OR) closure

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Pentagon halts depot closure

By DEAN BRICKEY
East Oregonian
June 17, 2011

Representatives of the Umatilla Chemical Depot Local Reuse Authority  
are mounting an attack to a recently-announced Pentagon decision to  
keep the Umatilla Chemical Depot open.

In an emergency meeting Wednesday at the Nixyáawii Governance Center,  
LRA representatives decided to fight. They want to continue the depot  
closure process as planned. The LRA involves representatives of  
Umatilla and Morrow counties, the ports of Umatilla and Morrow and  
the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
Although federal officials have released no formal notice to  
civilians, Lt. Col. Kris Perkins, commander of the Umatilla Chemical  
Depot, learned June 2 it will remain an active U.S. Army base.

"This is nonsense to lose all this work and planning," said George  
Anderson, a Hermiston attorney who has been involved with depot  
closure plans for 20 years. "This egg needs to be put back together."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.eastoregonian.com/news/pentagon-halts-depot-closure/ 
article_089f2a22-991d-11e0-b7ce-001cc4c002e0.html

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Lenny Siegel
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a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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