Re: [CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Undersea ordnance, Waianae Coast (HI)

["Steven B. Pollack" <Steve@EcoEsq.com>]

I am at a loss why the Army does not recognize the technology developed
by Underwater Ordnance Recovery Inc. ( www.uwuxo.com ) for the remote
robotic recovery of underwater munitions.  They always bring out the
divers-in-the-water recovery system but then conclude mass cleanups are
not feasible by manual methods.  This is true as far as it goes but
there is now a cost-effective alternative to abandonment and manual
recovery.

The estimate to clean up 3,000 acres of the Lake Michigan impact area
for lead bullets and 3" artillery fired from this range (formerly part
of Great Lakes Naval Station) is $27 million. Our group is in federal
court in the Northern District of Illinois to have this cleanup ordered.
 

Steven B. Pollack, Attorney
Executive Director, Blue Eco Legal Council
3390 Commercial Ave.
Northbrook, IL 60062
847-436-9566
www.ecoesq.com
www.landfill7.com



> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Undersea ordnance, Waianae Coast (HI)
> From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, April 15, 2008 10:56 am
> To: Military Environmental Forum <military@lists.cpeo.org>
> Tests set to explore ways of removing sea ordnance
> By Gregg K. Kakesako
> Honolulu Star-Bulletin
> April 15, 2008
> The Army plans to undertake a $3 million demonstration project this 
> summer to determine the best way to remove old explosive rounds that 
> were dumped in the shallow waters near Pokai Bay off the Waianae Coast.
> "Some of the munitions may be removed and destroyed on land," said Tad 
> Davis, deputy assistant Army secretary for environment, safety and 
> occupational health. "Others may have to be destroyed in the water."
> The Army will spend another $1 million to study the long-term health 
> effects this unexploded ordnance might have had on the shellfish and 
> limu that inhabit the area known as Ordnance Reef.
> ...
> For the entire article, see
> http://starbulletin.com/2008/04/15/news/story11.html
> -- 
> Lenny Siegel
> Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
> a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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