[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES, VOCs: Atlas missile site No. 3, Wyoming

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cheyenne missile site owner lives with contaminated legacy
Army Corps estimates mitigation costs for two sites at $175 million

By TREVOR GRAFF 
Casper Star-Tribune (WY)
December 7, 2014

The arching frame of a steel gate towering over the rolling prairie 20 miles east of Cheyenne was once the first line of defense for a Cold War weapon considered the world’s last resort.

In the 1960s, three intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of traveling nearly 9,000 miles lay waiting beyond the gate. The site’s airmen could send the Atlas D missiles and their nuclear payloads en route to targets across the globe in little more than 30 seconds.

The once-lethal silos’ six-foot thick concrete walls now house classic cars, a semi-restored caboose and the remains of a failed tire disposal venture. Missile silos are now mere storage facilities.

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For the entire article, see
http://trib.com/news/cheyenne-missile-site-owner-lives-with-contaminated-legacy/article_83783a25-5b8c-5ebc-ae56-021411fde5bc.html

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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
http://www.cpeo.org




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