[CPEO-MEF] Enviros sue U.S. over California mothball fleet

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Enviros sue U.S. over mothball fleet

By Mike Taugher
Contra Costa Times (CA)
October 28, 2007

Environmentalists sued Monday to force the federal government to clean 
up toxic materials at the Mothball Fleet near Benicia and to come up 
with a environmentally sound cleanup plan for the U.S. Maritime 
Administration's aging ships here, and in Texas and Virginia.

Citing a recent study that showed the ships east of the Benicia Bridge 
have already shed up to 18 tons of heavy metals into the bay, the 
environmental groups said the ships present an ongoing -- and entirely 
unregulated -- threat to the environment and to human health.

"If a corporation were to float a rusty barrel of hazardous waste out 
there, that would be against the law," said Michael Wall, an attorney 
for the Natural Resources Defense Council. "The federal government has 
to comply with the same laws."

Specifically, the lawsuit seeks to force the maritime administration to 
safely dispose of the heavy metals, PCBs, oil, asbestos and other toxic 
materials on the ships.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_7315714?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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