[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, FORMER SITES: Live ordnance at former Camp Adair (OR)

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Live ordnance discovered in former Camp Adair installation
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans inspections over winter

By David Hayes
Polk County Itemizer-Observer (OR)
September 29, 2021


POLK COUNTY — While notifying residents of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ plans inspect the former Camp Adair area for leftover ordnance, the agency discovered live munitions sooner than expected.

Project Manager Ember Corver said the USACE was on-site the week of Sept. 13 to complete a technical planning meeting in preparation of work plans for the field investigation and to follow up on rights of entry. They had planned to return in late winter to early spring to perform advanced radar scans of properties in three targeted areas.

While their field agent was making contacts, he located four shell munitions at two different locations — one at 8695 Zumwalt Road and the other at 11435 Elkins Road. Corver said the four shells were M1 105mm High Explosive (HE) Projectiles with the M55 Mechanical Time Fuze.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.polkio.com/news/live-ordnance-discovered-in-former-camp-adair-installation/article_dff8a60e-219a-11ec-84c5-c7cad156fbd4.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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