[CPEO-MEF] San Diego (CA) bay sediment

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Managing bay's cleanup big test for water board

Mike Lee
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE 
June 29, 2005

Veteran San Diego sport fisherman Frank LoPreste worries about the
safety of eating fish from the city's namesake bay and letting his
grandchildren play in its waters.

Like dozens of other residents, he's trying to influence the San Diego
Regional Water Quality Control Board's tentative decision to force eight
agencies and companies into a landmark sediment cleanup plan that covers
a slice of San Diego Bay.

"They have earned billions of dollars on the bay front without
appropriately discarding the toxics that result from ship refurbishing
and construction," LoPreste said in a June 9 letter to the board.

...

"The Navy has been included on the basis of speculation of discharges
that may have occurred some 35-55 years ago," said Navy Capt. Anthony
Gonzales, environmental program director in San Diego, in comments he submitted.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20050629-9999-6m29bay.html

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org
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