Missile Site Meeting Planned For Library

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host a public meeting in Cheyenne to outline proposals for cleaning up groundwater contamination at a former nuclear missile site.

The meeting is scheduled for 6-9 p.m. Tuesday at the Laramie County Public Library.

The former Atlas D missile site 15 miles southeast of Cheyenne was in service for only a few years in the early 1960s.

Testing has revealed a chemical called trichloroethylene (TRI'-chlor-oh-ETH'-el-een) in the groundwater near the missile site. The Centers for Disease Control links TCE exposure to certain kinds of cancer.

The U.S. Air Force used TCE to flush out the missiles' parts.

The corps' preferred cleanup plan would use bacteria to break down the toxic chemical in the groundwater.