[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES, MUNITIONS: Former Camp Grant Rifle Range (IL)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Report: Ex-Camp Grant site still considered high risk for contaminants 

Rock River Times (IL)
November 30, 2017

NEW MILFORD - Portions of the former Camp Grant Rifle Range are still at high risk for contaminating soil and water, according to a new analysis of Department of Defense documents by ProPublica.

While cleanup at sites that now make up large tracts of the Chicago Rockford International Airport was completed in 2005, areas that make up the Rockford Park District’s Seth Atwood Park along the Kishwaukee River are still under DOD review for groundwater and soil contaminants and unexploded munitions.

Lead contamination is high on the list of concerns for the former 312-acre shooting range, used by the U.S. Army in both World War I and World War II. According to the ProPublica report of DOD documents, groundwater near the area is at high risk via the river and pump wells located throughout the park. Lead levels have been found to be more than 10-times higher than the “action level” prescribed by federal law.

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For the entire article, see
http://rockrivertimes.com/2017/11/30/report-ex-camp-grant-site-still-considered-high-risk-for-contaminants/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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