2008 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:39:21 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] FUDS: Universty of Minnesota and Gopher Ordnance Works
 
U of M will unveil UMore plans next week

Trey Mewes
Rosemount Town Pages (MN)
June 13, 2008

UMore Park is about to take the next step in its transformation to a new University of Minnesota-sponsored community.

The U of M has finished several of its concept designs for what the UMore park property could look like 25 years from now.

...

A few things need to be done before the board of regents can approve a final plan. University officials expect a report sometime this summer from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over possible soil contamination in parts of the park property where the Gopher Ordnance Works, a U.S. government factory which produced smokeless gun powder in 1945, once stood. The U is also in the process of awarding a contract to complete an environmental impact statement, which will help determine whether or not to mine gravel from the property.
...

For the entire article, see
http://www.rosemounttownpages.com/articles/index.cfm?id=19745&section=News&freebie_check&CFID=46073524&CFTOKEN=20127567&jsessionid=8830b4e4724b562b283c

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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
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