[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, CONTRACTORS: " Robeson County residents battling proposal for private military training site"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Bombs in a swamp: Robeson County residents battling proposal for private military training site
Metals from munitions could contaminate groundwater, drinking water supply

BY LISA SORG 
NC Newsline
MAY 19, 2023

Bombs in a swamp. 

A fraught piece of land ensnared in a family drama.

Separately, the issues stir enough conflict to employ a dozen lawyers.

Together, they could contaminate groundwater, creeks, rivers and ultimately drinking water supplies for an untold number of residents in southern Robeson County — and potentially South Carolin

Alottabang, LLC, wants to operate an explosive ordnance disposal training facility for the military and police – essentially disarming and detonating bombs – on a portion of 610-acre swamp land near Rowland and along the state line.

In addition to the training aspect, the purpose of the site, according to a permit application submitted to Robeson County, is to “relieve Defense Department ordnance management organizations with the difficult logistical problem of reducing unnecessary ammunition stockpiles.”

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For the entire article, see
https://ncnewsline.com/2023/05/19/bombs-in-a-swamp-robeson-county-residents-battling-proposal-for-private-military-training-site/

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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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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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