[CPEO-MEF] Brooksville Range (FL) cleanup

[lsiegel@cpeo.org]

Explosives buried for years to be moved


The Army Corps of Engineers will begin excavating thousands of
"anomalies" found underground that might be leftovers at the Brooksville
Turret Gunnery Range.

By LOGAN NEILL
St. Petersburg Times (FL)
October 27, 2005

BROOKSVILLE - After years of waiting, Wayne Johnson and other residents
living on an abandoned World War II artillery range west of Brooksville
are finally getting some good news:

The Army Corps of Engineers next month will begin digging up explosives
still buried on their properties.

About 40 residents turned out for a public meeting Tuesday night at
Central High School to learn details of a proposed cleanup of two
1-square-mile parcels that were once part of the Brooksville Turret
Gunnery Range.

Corps project manager Terry Steuart said a private company specializing
in ordnance removal will begin Nov. 17 excavating about 4,740
"anomalies" that were discovered during a two-month underground study of
the area. Although the majority of the buried objects are not thought to
contain explosives, Steuart said, any live ordnance that is found will
be destroyed.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/10/27/Hernando/Explosives_buried_for.shtml

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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