2010 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 12:45:50 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Searching the Ft. Monroe (VA) moat
 
Fort Monroe moat yields scattered debris

By Hugh Lessig
Newport News Daily Press (VA)
November 11, 2010

HAMPTON - An up-close look at one of Virginia's most unique features - an honest-to-God moat that circles a fort - has yet to unearth anything weird or exciting.

No carcass of an undiscovered sea creature. No corpses of long-lost gangsters.

But for those undertaking the very serious work of cleaning up Fort Monroe, lack of excitement is good news.

This week, workers in chest-deep water are scouring the bottom of the moat where pieces of metal rest under the muck. The areas were identified last year during a sweep with acoustical and magnetic-sensor equipment, said Robert Reali, the BRAC environmental coordinator in the post's Directorate of Public Works.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailypress.com/news/military/dp-nws-fort-monroe-moat-20101111,0,3517177.story

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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