[CPEO-MEF] Fines over Suisun (CA) fleet threatened

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Fines over Suisun fleet threatened
Water board sends letter to Maritime Administration saying its response 
to ships has been inadequate

By Thomas Peele
Contra Costa Times
October 3, 2007

The U.S. Maritime Administration is taking too long to clean up tons of 
toxic paint falling from obsolete ships into Suisun Bay, and state water 
regulators hit it Tuesday with notice that it may soon face fines for 
breaking California pollution laws.

Penalties could reach $25,000 per day, according to the Notice of 
Violation by the Bay Area Water Quality Control Board. Tuesday's notice 
marks the first time in the long-running dispute that state regulators 
have taken action that could result in fines.

There are 74 ships in the so-called Mothball Fleet east of the Benicia 
Bridge, according to the Maritime Administration's most recent 
inventory, with at least 56 of them slated for disposal.

The Times reported in June that federal documents showed more than 21 
tons of paint containing toxic paint had fallen from the ships exteriors 
and that an additional 65 tons remained on the vessels and threatened 
the bay.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_7070655?nclick_check=1

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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