2018 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 15:34:17 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, FORMER SITES: Former Camp Breckinridge (KY)
 
Breckinridge meeting to provide munitions investigation results

by Colby Girten
Henderson Gleaner
July 8, 2018

There is a meeting scheduled for August 7 from 6:00 until 8:00 PM at the Camp Breckinridge Museum and Arts Center. This is an informational meeting for the public to receive an update on the results of the current investigation of munitions associated with former ranges at the Range Complex No. 1 Munitions Response Site at the former Camp Breckinridge. 

The meeting will also describe the upcoming field activities that are planned for fall and winter 2018. Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center - Huntsville, the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection, and munitions response contractors will be in attendance to answer questions regarding the continuing investigation.

"Range Complex No. 1 Munitions Response Site is a 20,766-acre area comprised of overlapping former ranges used from 1942-1962," said Katelyn C. Newton, Public Affairs Specialist for the Louisville District of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. "It contained 33 former ranges (rifle, pistol, tank subcaliber, and machine gun small arms ranges, recoilless rifle ranges, grenade ranges, rocket ranges, demolition ranges, close combat ranges, and attack and assault courses) with direction of fire towards the center of the range complex. In addition, an 18-acre area of concern (the Mortar Round Site) is included because mortars were found in the area.”

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For the entire article, see
https://www.thegleaner.com/story/news/local/uca/news/2018/07/08/breckinridge-meeting-provide-munitions-investigation-results/766520002/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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