[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, REUSE: Camp Bonneville (WA) "dubious costs"

[Lenny Siegel]

Dubious costs
Army contests Camp Bonneville costs
Contractor defends expenses, including large bar tabs

By Erik Robinson
Columbian (WA)
January 31, 2009

The U.S. Army agreed to give Clark County $26.8 million with the 
expectation that the county would use the money to prepare Camp 
Bonneville for reuse as a county park.

It didn't expect to pay for meals, gift baskets, or bar tabs.

The Army identified almost $150,000 in questionable costs incurred by 
county contractors hired to clean up the former artillery range, 
according to a letter sent to county officials last week. The charges 
date back to October 2006, when cleanup of the 3,840-acre site began in 
earnest.

In the Jan. 23 letter, Army grants officer Douglas E. Hadley wrote that 
the Army will withhold the money from Clark County.

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For the entire article, see
http://columbian.com/article/20090131/NEWS02/701319966

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