[CPEO-MEF] SHIPS- Benicia's (CA) mothball fleet

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Forum on fleet's fate
Fishermen, environmentalists, lawmakers and others gather at meeting to 
discuss Benicia's reportedly toxic mothball fleet

By SARA STROUD
Vallejo Times-Herald (CA)
February 8, 2008

BENICIA - Fishermen, environmentalists, former shipbuilders and area 
lawmakers gathered Thursday to discuss what should be done with 74 aged 
and deteriorating naval ships at rest in Suisun Bay.

State Sen. Patricia Wiggins led the meeting about the vessels - 
collectively known as the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, or mothball fleet - 
which are reportedly sloughing toxic materials into the bay's delicate 
ecosystem.

"The hulls are stuck in a bureaucratic mess and pose an increasing 
threat to the entire San Francisco Bay and Delta," Wiggins said. They're 
a "melting toxic mess" that could "affect the bay's health for 
generations to come."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_8206518

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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