[CPEO-MEF] CLOSURE, CHEMWEAPONS: "Umatilla Chemical Depot [OR] turns lights off"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Umatilla Chemical Depot turns lights off


BY ANNETTE CARY
TRI-CITY HERALD
July 18, 2012

HERMISTON -- The blue flag of the Umatilla Chemical Depot has flown  
for the last time.
"End of an Era -- 1941 to 2012" said the sign over the main entrance  
to the depot Tuesday as workers, former workers, family members and  
community leaders drove onto the depot.

They gathered for an Operations Lights Out ceremony marking  
deactivation of the site after 71 years of use by the Army, initially  
as a munitions and general supply storehouse and then the storage and  
eventual destruction of about 12 percent of the nation's stockpile of  
chemical weapons.

"Today the Umatilla Chemical Depot will be officially deactivated and  
case its color for the final time," said Hal McCune, spokesman for  
contractor URS and master of ceremonies. "When the colors depart the  
field this morning, it signifies that the Umatilla Chemical Depot's  
mission is complete."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/07/18/2218341/umatilla-chemical- 
depot-turns.html

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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