2006 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 20 Sep 2006 17:18:02 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] "Clean Ships, Toxic Bay" (Suisun Bay, CA)
 
Clean ships, toxic bay

By Thomas Peele
CONTRA COSTA TIMES (CA)
September 15, 2006	

Sheets of decayed metals, hull coatings and lead paint more than one-third of an inch thick peeled off two obsolete U.S. Maritime Administration ships when marine growth was scrubbed from their hulls at the Port of Richmond last month, according to a report prepared for the federal government.

The toxic material was left in San Francisco Bay, much of it adhered to thick seaweed and barnacles that accumulated on the ships for more than 35 years as they were anchored in the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet near Benicia.

When the cleaning was done in early August, a Maritime Administration spokeswoman said only organic materials would be left in the water.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/community/15525440.htm

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Lenny Siegel
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