2010 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 00:41:32 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Camp Bonneville (WA) work is stopped
 
County firing Camp Bonneville cleanup contractor
Officials vow that the work will continue


By Erik Robinson
The Columbian (WA)
May 21, 2010


Clark County is in the process of terminating the contractor hired four years ago to turn an old Army artillery range into a county park.

Contractor Mike Gage, who serves as president of the nonprofit organization formed to oversee cleanup of Camp Bonneville, has engaged in a long-running dispute with the Army over escalating costs at the 3,840-acre site.

Late last year, the main subcontractor removing unexploded ordnance pulled out after Army funding dried up.

"Ecology and Clark County are grateful to Mike Gage for the work that has been accomplished at Camp Bonneville during the past four years, but now is time for new leadership and a fresh perspective," said a written statement issued by the state Department of Ecology on Friday. "Cleanup work has basically stopped due to funding issues."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/may/21/army-artillery-cleanup-hits-snag/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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