A contractor works with equipment originally designed for gold mining to remove potentially dangerous lead bullets from soil in a former firing range at Camp Withycombe in Clackamas, Ore. in 2008. (Army photo)
By: FEDweek StaffEven though 90 percent of necessary cleanup projects at Army installations are complete, Amy Borman, the service’s civilian chief of environment, safety and occupational health, said another 1,200 locations need attention.
“While the Army is proud of our successes and remains focused on continuous improvement of our cleanup program, we know that cleanup at many of the remaining sites is more complex and requires additional time and/or remedy based on more advanced technology,” Borman told a house subcommittee during a recent hearing, as reported by the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA).
“We will continue to prioritize and address sites where the risk to human health is the highest.”
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