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Long-Empty Missile Bunker near Cheyenne, Wyoming

Pollution Saga Hits Crucial Juncture

Casper Star-Tribune Jared Miller CHEYENNE – The rugged beauty of the rolling hills west of Cheyenne shows no evidence of the invisible poison beneath the grassy surface. But deep underground, and extending for miles, a massive plume of industrial solvent called trichloroethylene, or TCE, adheres to the granite bedrock and mixes with snow-fed groundwater. The

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Army Corps to take on TCE cleanup

WyomingNews.comBaylie Davis CHEYENNE — The Army Corps of Engineers will apparently “do the right thing” when it comes to taking responsibility for treating one source of Cheyenne’s drinking water for trichloroethylene, or TCE, which is a result of Cold War-era nuclear missile maintenance east of Cheyenne. Paul Johnston, public affairs officer for the Omaha district

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Cleaning Polluted Ground Near Cheyenne Will Be Costly

Casper Star-TribuneBy Jared Miller CHEYENNE – Now that the federal government has all but taken responsibility for thousands of gallons of industrial solvent leaked into the ground near Cheyenne during the Cold War, the discussion has turned to cleanup. The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality will be pushing for an extensive cleanup of the trichloroethylene

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