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August 17, 2004

Open Detonations Scheduled for Thursday at Camp Edwards

Camp Edwards, Mass. — Four 81-millimeter (mm) mortar rounds and a 40-mm grenade will be destroyed in open detonations scheduled for Thursday, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., at Camp Edwards on the Massachusetts Military Reservation.

The detonations will take place on the southeast side of the base, at least one mile from any residential area. There is no risk to nearby residents.

Three of the mortar rounds were found during road construction activities on the former training and defense contractor testing site known as the J-1 Range. The other mortar round and the grenade were found on the former training and defense contractor testing site known as the J-2 Range. This area is being cleared in preparation for a soil removal and treatment action designed to remove several areas believed to be sources of groundwater contamination migrating from the J-2 Range.

These munitions items are being destroyed by open detonation because explosive experts have determined they may contain explosives and are unsafe to move. Safe-to-move items that potentially contain explosives are taken to a safe storage facility for destruction in a contained detonation chamber. Munitions items that do not contain explosives are recycled as scrap.

For further information on Groundwater Study Program activities, log on to www.groundwaterprogram.org.

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For more information, contact:
Kris Curley, Groundwater Study Program, (508) 968-5626
Todd Borci, EPA New England, (617) 918-1358 or (888) 372-7341 ext. 81358
Len Pinaud, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, (508) 946-2871

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