[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES: Augusta Ordnance Depot, Augusta, Georgia

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Contractors exploring site of Augusta Ordnance Depot

By Rob Pavey
Augusta Chronicle (GA)
April 3, 2012

A half century after the government closed a downtown Augusta  
munitions complex, contractors are seeking local residents who might  
have new information about the site.

The 30.1-acre storage yard along the railroad tracks near Sunset  
Avenue and 15th Street was leased by the U.S. War Department from  
1918 to 1955 and used as a shipping and storage yard for the Augusta  
Arsenal about three miles away.

Although no munitions were manufactured or detonated at the site,  
known as the Augusta Ordnance Depot, its military legacy placed it on  
a list of Formerly Used Defense Sites that sometimes warrant scrutiny  
for contamination issues.

...

For the entire article, see
http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2012-04-03/contractors- 
exploring-site-augusta-ordnance-depot

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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