[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, FUDS: Hollister (CA) Bomb Target #5

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Local Navy bombing site investigated

Officials seeking information on rural parcel used for bomb practice 
during World War II

By Adam Breen
Pinnacle News (CA)
November 13, 2009


The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is revisiting what was once known as 
"Bomb Target No. 5, Hollister," a dry-farmed plot of land that during 
World War II was used by Navy flyers as a practice dive-bombing site.

The goal is to determine whether the site, located off of Santa Ana 
Valley Road on what is now the Lightning Tree Ranch, contains unexploded 
or discarded bomb fragments that could pose a hazard. Some locals recall 
watching the bombing runs and even collecting bomb pieces after the site 
was no longer used.

"We're looking for potential contamination from bombing targets used 
back in World War II," said Paul Townsend, project manager of the Corps 
of Engineers' Sacramento district.

The Department of Defense is ranking similar sites around the country to 
determine whether and when to clean up the sites.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pinnaclenews.com/news/contentview.asp?c=262708

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org



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