[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, REUSE: Detonations at Fort Ord, CA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

If you hear explosions or see smoke in Fort Ord Wednesday, here's why (Hint: It's not new)

By Eduardo Cuevas
Salinas Californian
August 28, 2019

Officials at the former Fort Ord will detonate old military ordnance including projectiles and chemicals Wednesday, which may bring smoke and explosive noises to the area.

The detonation will occur 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. near Nowhere Road, toward the southwest of the former Army base in a remote area inaccessible to the public.

"The detonations are cleaning up the old footprint of the former Fort Ord," said Jim Laughlin, public affairs chief for the Presidio of Monterey, which helps oversee detonations with the Army's Fort Ord Realignment and Closure office.

Since the base's closure in 1994, officials have worked to do environmental cleanups as land is returned to public use.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.thecalifornian.com/story/news/2019/08/28/hear-explosions-see-smoke-fort-ord-wednesday-heres-why-military-army-california/2135100001/

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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
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