[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: "Unexploded ordnance shuts down part of Fort Meade" (MD)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Unexploded ordnance shuts down part of Fort Meade
World War II-era mortar training round found to be inert, removed

By Matthew Hay Brown
Baltimore Sun (MD)
March 11, 2014

Fort Meade officials evacuated a residential section of the base  
Tuesday afternoon after utility workers discovered unexploded ordnance.

The device was found to be an inert mortar training round from World  
War II, a base spokeswoman said, and residents were allowed to return  
to their homes.

The utility workers discovered the round in the Potomac Place  
neighborhood while performing scheduled maintenance, spokeswoman Mary  
Doyle said. Emergency workers cordoned off a 300-meter area and  
rerouted traffic around Reece Road.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/bs-md-fort-meade-unexploded- 
ordnance-20140311,0,5349824.story

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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
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