[CPEO-MEF] VOCs, FORMER SITES: "DEQ and Army Corps of Engineers Work Together to Clean Up Missile Site Near Cheyenne, " WY

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DEQ and Army Corps of Engineers Work Together to Clean Up Missile Site Near Cheyenne

Press Release
June 7, 2019

CHEYENNE– Large cleanup projects require large efforts to resolve them.

That’s the case with the former Atlas “D” Missile Site 4, just west of Cheyenne. The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality discovered the water at the site is contaminated with trichloroethene (TCE) in 1998. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began its investigations shortly after the discovery.

Missile Site 4 is about 15 miles west of Cheyenne on the south side of Interstate 80, near the Granite Canyon Quarry.

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Sanders said the known extent of the plume is approximately 10 miles long and 100-300 feet below the ground surface. He added that Kevin Frederick, DEQ’s Water Quality Division administrator, believes the plume to be one of the largest in the nation.

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For the entire release, see
https://www.sweetwaternow.com/deq-and-army-corps-of-engineers-work-together-to-clean-up-missile-site-near-cheyenne/

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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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