[CPEO-BIF] Mississippi debris removal

[lsiegel@cpeo.org]

Dealing with corps called 'disaster' 
City, county officials say cleanup efforts slow, confusing, frustrating

By Chris Joyner
Jackson Clarion-Ledger (MS)
October 28, 2005


	
GULFPORT - Some coastal officials are dissatisfied with the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, which was contracted to clear millions of cubic
yards of Hurricane Katrina debris along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

"It's a disaster dealing with the Corps of Engineers," Jackson County
Supervisor John McKay said.

Confusing directives, piles of red tape and a generally slow response
have marked the operation, McKay said. 

The results are more disappointing because local officials said they
were told using the Corps, rather than a private contractor, was the
simpler and safer option.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051028/NEWS0110/510280341/1260



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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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