[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, FORMER SITES: Kingsley Firing Range Annex, Klamath Falls, OR

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Backyard Bombs: Army Corps of Engineers to investigate explosive hazard

By FRANCISCA BENITEZ 
Klamath Falls Herald and News (OR)
August 18, 2019

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is beginning a preliminary investigation into the Kingsley Firing Range Annex on Old Fort Road just outside of Klamath Falls.

There is a possibility of live military munitions buried on the site, including ammunition, rockets and bombs, posing possible contamination and explosive hazards.

Efforts to clean up the area have been ongoing since 2003. The Corps, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality have all been involved in the effort.

The EPA declared the area a Superfund site in 2011, giving the agency more control and more funds over the area.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.heraldandnews.com/breaking/backyard-bombs-army-corps-of-engineers-to-investigate-explosive-hazard/article_f3712ed9-45c7-5e41-a8b1-fd761b9a56e3.html

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





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