| From: | Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com> |
| Date: | Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:28:05 -0700 (PDT) |
| Reply: | cpeo-military |
| Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, FUDS: Backyard Bombs in San Diego (CA) |
10News Investigates Backyard Bombs 10 News (San Diego, CA) April 24, 2008 SAN DIEGO -- Old bombs from World War II and earlier were found buried under a brand-new, master-planned community built atop North County farmland. "Nobody had any clue that this existed," said environmental attorney Bob Howard. What existed was a military bombing range, within 500 feet of a new school in what is now known as Del Sur. ... The Corps said it could get to the bombs, if the developer was willing to wait for several years. Instead, Black Mountain Ranch hired a contractor experienced in removing old munitions and cleaned it up in five months. The total for the cleanup was $2 million. ... For the entire story and links, see http://www.10news.com/news/15983711/detail.html -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545 Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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