[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Air Force clearing BLM land near the Utah Test and Training Range

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

[Years ago, when the problem of unexploded ordnance on U.S. Bureau of  
Land Management (BLM) land near the Utah Range was discovered, many  
people, including BLM officials, doubted that it would ever be  
cleaned up. It's happening. - LS]

Hill AFB removing old unexploded bombs around test range

Ogden Standard-Examiner
May 25, 2012

The Bureau of Land Management, the State of Utah School and  
Institutional Trust Lands Administration, and Hill Air Force Base   
are in the early stages of an unexploded ordnance removal project in  
areas near the Utah Test and Training Range.

All partners met last week to discuss the cleanup actions that are  
currently being conducted on BLM property adjacent to the UTTR in the  
west desert of Utah. Cleanup will include location and removal of  
unexploded ordnance and explosive residue that was left from open  
detonation disposal operations of surplus or aged munitions post  
World War II era.

BLM is currently reviewing different management alternatives to  
protect the public during this extended UXO removal project. "Public  
safety is our priority," said Kevin Oliver, BLM West Desert District  
Manager. "We know for certain that signs will be placed in areas of  
concern for public information as a first step to addressing the  
issue." The project will cover thousands of acres and is projected to  
take place over a 10 year period.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.standard.net/stories/2012/05/24/hill-afb-removing-old- 
unexploded-bombs-around-test-range

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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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