[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES, VOCs: Former missile site, west Cheyenne, Wyoming

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Investigators are studying groundwater contaminants in west Cheyenne

Wyoming Tribune Eagle
April 28, 2014

CHEYENNE -- Federal officials are still trying to determine the exact  
extent of a plume of contaminated groundwater that was caused by a  
1960s-era missile site located west of Cheyenne.

Representatives with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told members of  
the public on Thursday that they are still continuing the multi-year  
efforts to monitor, contain and treat the contaminated groundwater  
that extends from Belvoir Ranch to about 10 miles to the east of the  
site.

Investigators discovered the presence of trichloroethylene, or TCE,  
in the area during the 1990s. It was determined that spilled  
chemicals that were used to clean the silo had leaked into the soil  
and groundwater.
...

For the entire article, see
http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2014/04/28/news/19local_04-28-14.txt

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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
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