[CPEO-MEF] Ordnance Reef, Wai'anae, Hawai'i

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Ammo in Wai'anae waters no problem, NOAA finds
	
By Dan Nakaso and Will Hoover
Honolulu Advertiser
March 30, 2007

WAI'ANAE — A study of military munitions dumped six decades ago in the 
Poka'i Bay area has concluded that the waters, fish and general area are 
safe. But some community leaders said yesterday they have no confidence 
in the study and insisted that the 5-mile area known as Ordnance Reef 
needs to be cleaned up.

The two-week study conducted in May and June by the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration found 15 new clusters of ordnance, ranging 
from .30-caliber rounds to large-caliber artillery projectiles and naval 
gun ammunition, that added up to "a couple thousand" items, said Michael 
Overfield, marine archaeologist and Ordnance Reef survey chief scientist 
for NOAA.

The study represents the latest attempt to document the military's 
dumping of World War II-era munitions in deep and shallow waters off O'ahu.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070330/NEWS08/703300384/1001/NEWS

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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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