2015 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 15:12:45 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES, VOCs: Atlas Missile Site No. 4, Wyoming
 
No plan yet to clean up missile site contamination

by Lucas High
Wyoming Tribune Eagle
January 17, 2015

CHEYENNE - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality have yet to formulate a solid plan to contain and clean up a contaminated 1960s-era missile site west of Cheyenne.

Meanwhile, Atlas Missile Site No. 4 continues leaching the chemical trichloroethylene, or TCE, into the groundwater beneath the site.

A contaminated plume of groundwater extends for about 10 miles east of the site. The contamination was caused by spilled chemicals used to clean the missile silos, which were once operated by crews from F.E. Warren Air Force Base.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2015/01/17/news/20local_01-17-15.txt#.VL0_B8afNek

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Mountain View, CA 94041
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