[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, MUNITIONS: Redstone Arsenal (AL)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[Note that Redstone is an active federal facility, with both Army and NASA operations. - LS]

Cleanup efforts restore land for future development

By CHRIS COLSTER, Garrison Public Affairs 
Redstone Rocket (AL)
June 12, 2019

CHATTANOOGA – Redstone Arsenal’s past and future intertwine as the Installation Restoration Branch cleans up legacy waste and the Garrison prepares areas for future development.

Jason Watson, munitions response program manager for the Garrison’s Environmental Management Division, Directorate of Public Works, delivered a keynote address and participated in a panel discussion at the Tennessee Valley Corridor National Summit in Chattanooga, May 30.

“What were accepted hazardous waste disposal practices in the past causes us problems as we clean up areas of the Arsenal for reuse,” he said.

During World War II, the Huntsville Arsenal, Redstone Ordnance Plant and the Gulf Chemical Warfare Depot worked together to manufacture and supply ordnance for the war effort. Following the war, over 1 million munitions were received under the Ammunition Received From Overseas Program. Most of the munitions were demilitarized, but standard practices at the time have left a very hazardous footprint. What remains is a legacy of nearly 6 miles of trenches where items are buried.



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For the entire article/release, see
https://www.theredstonerocket.com/military_scene/article_93d49e6a-8d2a-11e9-b19c-772c94f6dd37.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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