[CPEO-MEF] Munitions: World War I-ERA Ordnance Found along Jersey Shore

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

WORLD WAR I-ERA ORDNANCE FOUND ALONG JERSEY SHORE

by Jay Cook 
Two River Times (NJ)
March 19, 2017 

Over 300 pieces of military-grade ordnance, each no larger than a pocket-sized ChapStick, were recovered along beaches in three Shore towns, and ultimately disposed of safely.

The beach towns of Loch Arbour, Allenhurst and Deal had been the site of a post-Sandy coastal storm risk management project spearheaded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), which began in 2015.

Sand pumped onto those beaches for the replenishment was riddled with hundreds of fusing components for World War I-era artillery, unbeknownst to the USACE.

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For the entire article, see
http://tworivertimes.com/world-war-i-era-ordinance-found-along-jersey-shore/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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