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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Public Meeting - Mineral Wells, Texas Date Taken: 2/24/03 1 MR. SARGENT: Not small arms. Not from 2 an exploding ordnance concern. 3 MR. CONDIKE: There may be a concern for 4 lead contamination in the soil from the lead bullets. 5 It depends upon where it is and the type of soils that's 6 there because the chemistry of the soil can affect 7 whether the lead is a problem in the environment or not. 8 UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Has it been a 9 problem anywhere? I'm sure you've been looking into it. 10 MR. CONDIKE: I have at least one site 11 down in Victoria, Texas. It was a shotgun range for an 12 Air Force base where they would train the gunners in 13 airplanes to lead their targets literally using hand 14 shotguns, just like you're shooting skeet. They 15 practiced so much that there was literally a black layer 16 of shotgun pellets on the ground. And you'd slip and 17 fall, it was like marbles and we had to clean that up, 18 not just the shotgun pellets, but the soil had been 19 contaminated with lead, so I'm sure there are other 20 areas like that out there. 21 UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: But basically the 22 small caliber ammunition is of no great concern? 23 MR. CONDIKE: No. 24 MR. SARGENT: If you have backstop, a 25 backstop may be a concern or rifle range attack, large K.C. DEBUSK, CSR DOLORES STEWART & ASSOCIATES - (817) 810-0244
