Regulators: No cleanup needed at gun club

Published 5:00 am Friday, August 6, 2010

ASHLAND — Oregon regulators say no cleanup is needed for lead at the Ashland Gun Club as long as it remains a shooting range. But the city of Ashland is going ahead with plans to voluntarily consult with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality about what would have to be done to clean the area.

The 66-acre site near the Ashland Municipal Airport has been used by the Ashland Gun Club since 1968 and contains lead from ammunition.

Gun club cleanups in other areas have ranged in cost from thousands to millions of dollars.

State regulators will detail what cleanup work would be required. The consultation will cost the city of Ashland an estimated $5,000.

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