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Rocket Fuel in Drinking Water: Table 6: Military Sites Where Perchlorate Testing is Urgent
Table 6. Perchlorate testing is urgently needed at 63 Department of Defense sites.
|
State |
City |
Facility |
Why testing needed |
|
AL |
Childersburg |
Alabama Army Ammunition Plant |
Munitions production |
|
AL |
Anniston |
Anniston Air Force base |
Ammunition/ missile maintenance and storage |
|
AR |
East Camden |
Shumaker Ordnance Plant/ Camden Naval Ordnance Plant, US Naval Ammunition Depot |
Mfg, testing, disposal of ammunitions, explosives and rockets |
|
AZ |
Tucson |
Air Force Plant 44 |
Missile production, explosives storage |
|
AZ |
Flagstaff |
Camp Navajo, Navajo Depot Activity |
Ammunition/explosives disposal, rocket/missile maintenance |
|
AZ |
Pinal County |
Florence Military Reservation |
Explosive ordnance disposal |
|
AZ |
Gila Bend |
Barry M. Goldwater Range |
Rocket, ordnance testing |
|
CA |
Modesto |
Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant |
Ammunition plant |
|
CA |
Fresno |
Fresno Air National Guard Base |
Munitions storage area |
|
CA |
Burbank |
Air Force Plant 14 |
Missile production |
|
CA |
Point Magu |
Naval Air Weapons Station |
Missile testing |
|
CA |
Alameda and San Joaquin Counties |
Lawrence Livermore National Labs Site 300 |
Explosives testing, open burn/detonation |
|
CA |
Rancho Cordova |
Air Force Plant 70 |
Rocket mfg. |
|
CO |
Denver |
Lowry Air Force Base |
Solid rocket fuel used on base |
|
HI |
Western Oahu |
Makua Military Reservation |
Open burn/detonation of ordnance |
|
IA |
Middletown |
Iowa Army Ammunition Plant |
Munitions/ explosives mfg, testing, disposal |
|
ID |
Mountain Home |
Mountain Home AFB |
Titan missile production, maintenance, munitions storage |
|
IL |
Near Chicago |
Joliet Army Ammunitions Plant |
Burning and demolition of explosives |
|
IL |
Savanna |
Savanna Army Depot |
Storage/disposal of munitions/explosives |
|
IL/IA |
Rock Island/Davenport |
Rock Island Arsenal |
Ordnance mfg. - largest weapons mfg arsenal in western world |
|
IN |
Bloomington |
NSWC Crane Division |
Explosive disposal, ammunitions production, storage |
|
IN |
Charlestown |
Indiana Army Ammunition Plant |
Rocket propellant plant |
|
IN |
Madison |
Jefferson Range/ Jefferson Proving Ground |
Rocket testing |
|
KS |
Parson |
Kansas Army Ammunition Plant |
Burning and demolition of explosives |
|
KS |
Kansas City |
Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant |
Powder plant |
|
KY |
Richmond |
Blue Grass Chemical Activity |
Rocket/munitions storage/disposal |
|
LA |
Shreveport |
Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant |
Ammunition plant |
|
MA |
Watertown |
Army Materials Technology Laboratory/ Waterman Arsenal |
Munitions development, testing |
|
MI |
Hanson |
Camp Grayling |
Ammunition supply point |
|
MN |
St Paul |
Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant |
Ammunition production and demilitarization |
|
MO |
St Louis |
St Louis Army Ammunition Plant, St Louis Ordnance Plant |
Munitions plant |
|
MO |
Neosho |
Camp Crowder, Air Force Plant 65 |
Test-firing rocket engines |
|
MS |
Slidell |
Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant |
Munitions production |
|
ND |
Minot |
Minot AFB |
Missile production and testing |
|
NE |
Grand Island |
Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant |
Munitions production |
|
NE |
Omaha |
Offutt AFB |
Missile production testing |
|
NM |
Albuquerque |
Kirtland AFB |
Rocket research |
|
NM |
Alamogordo |
Holloman AFB |
Missile testing |
|
NV |
Las Vegas |
Nellie AFB |
Munitions storage |
|
NV |
Tonopah |
Tonopah Test Range |
Explosives testing |
|
NY |
Buffalo |
Air Force Plant 38 |
Rocket motors (construction support) |
|
NY |
Watervliet |
Watervliet Arsenal |
Rocket motor/artillery production |
|
NY |
Romulus |
Seneca Army Depot |
Ammunition/explosives/missile burning |
|
OH |
Ravenna |
Ravenna Army Ammunition Plant |
Explosives mfg. and ammunitions demilitarization |
|
OH |
Scranton |
Scranton Army Ammunition Plant |
Ammunition plant |
|
OH |
Cleveland |
NASA Glenn Research Center |
Perchlorate/propulsion research |
|
OK |
McAlester |
McAlester Army Ammunition Plant |
Munitions manufacture, rocket production |
|
PA |
Chambersburg |
Letterkenny Army Center |
Missile/ammunition storage, testing, maintenance, disposal |
|
PA |
Tobyhanna |
Tobyhanna Army Depot |
Missile maintenance/ repair |
|
SC |
Sumter |
Poinsett Range, Shaw AFB |
Open burn/detonation for waste munitions |
|
SD |
Rapid City |
Ellsworth AFB |
Titan missile production |
|
TN |
Kingsport |
Holston Army Ammunition Plant |
Explosives and propellant production |
|
TN |
Tullahoma |
Arnold Engineering Development Center |
Rocket testing |
|
TN |
Milan |
Milan Army Ammunition Plant |
Ammunitions testing and storage |
|
TN |
Chattanooga |
Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant |
Explosives mfg. |
|
TX |
Abilene |
Dyess AFB |
Missile production (Atlas), testing (Minuteman) |
|
TX |
Boerne |
Camp Stanley Storage Activity |
Munitions production, testing, maintenance |
|
TX |
Fort Worth |
Air Force Plant 4 |
Produces missile components |
|
TX |
San Antonio |
Kelly AFB |
Propellant handling |
|
UT |
Brigham City |
Air Force Plant 78 |
Rocket motor and missile mfg. |
|
UT |
Ogden |
Air Force Plant 77 |
Rocket motor and missile mfg. |
|
WI |
Badger |
Badger Army Ammunition Plant |
Munitions manufacture |
|
WI |
Madison |
Badger Army Ammunition Plant |
Munitions manufacture |
Source: EWG 2003