[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Fort Ord (CA) detonations

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Fort Ord destruction of old shells rattles Peninsula
Destruction of old shells rattles Peninsula

By LARRY PARSONS
Monterey Herald (CA)
May 31, 2012


The boom was louder than most of the detonations of old shells found  
during the cleanup of former munition areas on Fort Ord.

An explosion about 11:30 a.m. Thursday was heard in Monterey, Seaside  
and other parts of the Peninsula was part of scheduled detonation of  
unexploded ordnance.

Two simultaneous detonations were set off within the 6,500-acre  
Bureau of Land Management impact area near Hawkeye and Riso Ridge  
roads, Army officials said.

The 2,100-foot exclusion zone for the detonation was inside the  
fenced impact area on the federal land. Roads within the "munitions  
response site" were closed to all nonessential personnel during the  
detonations.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.montereyherald.com/news/ci_20754225/fort-ord-big-boom- 
wasnt-your-imagination

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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