Missile Site Cleanup Plans Moving Ahead

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers is going ahead with plans to treat contaminated groundwater at a former nuclear missile site east of Cheyenne despite concerns from several local residents and elected officials about safety.

The 1960s-era site is one of several local former F.E. Warren AFB launch sites where investigators have found trichloroethylene, a cancer-causing chemical, in the groundwater.

According to the Cheyenne Tribune Eagle, officials say there are no immediate public health risks.

Several residents, members of the Laramie County Commission and a former Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality regulator are calling for the Corps of Engineers to form a citizen advisory panel to review the proposal.