EPA Plans Second Camp Minden Test Burn

The Environmental Protection Agency says a test burn of artillery propellant at Camp Minden will take place as part of the contract for burning 15 million pounds of the increasingly unstable explosive. that according to the Washington Times.

The agency also announced that monitoring requirements for the test burn and results will be made public before the full-scale burn begins.

Four members of Louisiana’s congressional delegation asked last week for details about plans to burn the increasing unstable.M6 propellant.

Senators David Vitter and Bill Cassidy and Congressmen John Fleming and Ralph Abraham contacted the EPA, saying they want proof that burning 15 million pounds of explosives won't be a hazard to area residents.

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