[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Mare Island (CA) drydock

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Proposed shipyard gets permit
Mare Island project receives OK from water board

By JESSICA A. YORK
Vallejo Times-Herald (CA)
July 10, 2008

A shipbuilding and repair company was granted permission Wednesday to 
flush Mare Island Strait water in and out of ship dry docks.

Now, Allied Defense Recycling needs a lease for the dry docks so the 
discharge permit is usable.

An Allied Defense Recycling spokesman said that obtaining this time- and 
cost-consuming permit associated with reopening a shipyard on Mare 
Island was a major step. The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality 
Control Board unanimously approved the permit after nearly an hour and a 
half of discussion, said Gary Whitney, director of marine operations for 
the ship company.

"There were a number of very pertinent questions that the board asked 
that needed to be answered," Whitney said. "They primarily had a lot to 
do with procedure."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.timesheraldonline.com/news/ci_9838143

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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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