Llandrindod Wells, United Kingdom rumors and other anecdotal information passed down throughout the years suggests that hand grenades and other munitions may have been dumped in a 10-acre lake during WWII. These rumors are now being taken seriously as dredging plans for the lake becomes a reality.

The British Royal Engineers recently completed a magnetomer survey of the lake and a dive to investigate detected anomalies. To date no munitions have been found. A second dive is planned for next month to continue the search for the potential discarded military munitions.

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Bethany Beach, Delaware  Several inert .50 caliber ammunition cartridge casings and a variety of small sized munitions debris fragments were discovered during an on-going beach replenishment project along the Delaware shoreline. The USACE have apparently learned their lesson from the Surf City, New Jersey beach replenishment project and have implemented screens at booth the intake and outlet pipes at the Delaware project to ensure that no large objects or anomalies that could potentially be UXO get pumped up with the sand.

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NOAA released the results of a June 2006 survey of an underwater area off the Hawaiian island of Oahu where discarded military munitions are present. The survey of the area has verified the presence of munitions ranging from small arms projectiles to large-caliber artillery projectiles and naval gun ammunition. The survey was conducted by NOAA, with assistance from the University of Hawaii and the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources.

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The Coast Guard is looking to establish up to 34 permanent ranges within the Great Lakes for live-fire training. The "zones" as they are calling them are located at least 3 nautical miles from shore and will be used for machine gun, small arms, and shot gun training. The Coast Guard needs the ranges for training to prepare for maritime threats including terrorism and drug smuggling. Machine guns were added to Coast Guard cutters back in 2004. Designed to fire up to 600 rounds per minuet, the machine guns increase the capabilities and effectiveness of the Coast Guard in responding to high threat situations and scenarios.

Below is a list of the number of zones the Coast Guard has proposed for each of the Great Lakes. A chart of the upper portion of Lake Michigan with the proposed training zone locations is shown to the right. To view charts of the other lakes, simply click on the name of the lake. The Lake Michigan link will bring up the chart for the lower section of Lake Michigan. Lake Erie 4 Zones Lake Huron 6 Zones Lake Michigan 14 zones Lake Superior 7 Zones Lake Ontario 3 Zones

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