| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Mon, 19 Jan 2015 15:12:45 -0800 (PST) |
| Reply: | cpeo-military |
| Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES, VOCs: Atlas Missile Site No. 4, Wyoming |
No plan yet to clean up missile site contamination by Lucas High Wyoming Tribune Eagle January 17, 2015 CHEYENNE - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality have yet to formulate a solid plan to contain and clean up a contaminated 1960s-era missile site west of Cheyenne. Meanwhile, Atlas Missile Site No. 4 continues leaching the chemical trichloroethylene, or TCE, into the groundwater beneath the site. A contaminated plume of groundwater extends for about 10 miles east of the site. The contamination was caused by spilled chemicals used to clean the missile silos, which were once operated by crews from F.E. Warren Air Force Base. … For the entire article, see http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2015/01/17/news/20local_01-17-15.txt#.VL0_B8afNek -- 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 _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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