[CPEO-MEF] Camp Edwards (MA) - Lead ammo proposal

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Guard: Lead ban at MMR not needed

By AMANDA LEHMERT
Cape Cod Times (MA)
October 16, 2006


CAMP EDWARDS - Ten years ago, the Environmental Protection Agency made 
an unprecedented decision to ban the firing of lead ammunition at the 
Massachusetts Military Reservation, for fear that lead could contaminate 
the Upper Cape's primary source of drinking water.

Last month Massachusetts National Guard officials launched an effort to 
lift the ban on lead, starting with a change to the base's environmental 
impact report under the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act.

If Guard leaders wants to start firing lead ammunition again, they will 
need to jump through several legal hoops - and pass muster with Cape 
residents.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/guardlead16.htm

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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