[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, REUSE: "Navy Starts Explosives Assessment Of Openlands Lakeshore Preserve, " IL

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy Starts Explosives Assessment Of Openlands Lakeshore Preserve
The on-site visit comes nearly five months after the discovery of suspected munitions at the former military base in Highland Park. 

By Jonah Meadows
Highland Park Patch (IL) 
September 4, 2021

HIGHLAND PARK, IL — Nearly five months after the discovery of suspected unexploded ordnance at the Openlands Lakeshore Preserve in Highland Park led to its closure to the public, U.S. Navy representatives last week launched an assessment effort at the former military base.

Environmental experts from the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, or NAVFAC, visited the site during meetings Aug. 25 and Aug. 26 to discuss efforts to allow the public to return to portions of the Fort Sheridan site, according to a statement from Openlands. 

Representatives of Openlands, the Chicago-based nonprofit that has owned the 77-acre property since 1993, said that the meetings included a "synchronization update on resources and capabilities now available to assist the Navy with the site’s assessment." 

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For the entire article, see
https://patch.com/illinois/highlandpark/navy-starts-explosives-assessment-openlands-lakeshore-preserve

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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