[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, CLOSURE: Camp Bonneviille (WA) funding

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army pledges $20 million to continue Camp Bonneville cleanup
Commissioners expected to OK deal Tuesday

By Stephanie Rice
Columbian (WA)
August 1, 2011

The Army has agreed to continue paying for the cleanup of Camp  
Bonneville and Clark County commissioners are expected to approve a  
new contract Tuesday.

Earlier this summer, negotiations to continue the extensive cleanup  
stalled.

The Army used the 3,840-acre site in east county as an artillery  
range and training area from 1909 to 1995.

The multimillion-dollar cleanup, overseen by the state Department of  
Ecology, has crawled along and been marked by cost overruns and  
funding disputes.

Under the terms of the two proposed Environmental Services  
Cooperative Agreements commissioners are expected to sign Tuesday,  
the Army will pay $20 million over the next 10 years.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/aug/01/army-pledges-20-million-to- 
continue-camp-bonnevill/

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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
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