[CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE: Letterkenny Depot (PA) to burn rocket motors in chamber

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Letterkenny seeks OK for clean burning of rocket motors

By Jim Hook
Chambersburg Public Opinion (PA)
January 15, 2014

Letterkenny Munitions Center has broken ground for a $32 million  
project that is to destroy rocket motors more cleanly.

LMC currently burns the motors of tactical missiles in the open air.  
Rocket motors contain ammonium perchlorate, a chemical known to cause  
thyroid problems.

The project could be operating within two years and would add a few  
jobs to the Letterkenny Army Depot tenant.

"We've been working on this since the late 1990s," said Ed Averill,  
civilian executive assistant at the munitions center. "We looked at  
several processes. The most simplistic approach was the best."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.publicopiniononline.com/local/ci_24918960/letterkenny- 
seeks-ok-clean-burning-rocket-motors

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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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