[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Surf City (NJ) beach replenishment

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Group sues Army Corps to get sand tested before Long Branch 
replenishment project

By DONNA WEAVER
Press of Atlantic City (NJ)
November 19, 2008

The beach replenishment project that went awry in Surf City in 2006 has 
prompted the Jersey Shore Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation to sue the 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Surfrider Foundation will be in 
federal court Thursday arguing for a preliminary injunction to stop 
replenishment on Long Branch beaches for fear of contaminated sand being 
pumped in off the coast.

The Surfrider Foundation filed a lawsuit a few weeks ago citing concerns 
that sand the corps will pump in from a site several miles off Sea 
Bright could be contaminated. More than 1,200 World War I-era military 
munitions were pumped ashore during the Surf City beach replenishment 
project. A cleanup of the beaches will cost $17 million, the corps has said.

The Surfrider Foundation is seeking a full battery of testing before the 
material is placed on the beach. If the tests show any contamination, 
the chapter wants the Army Corps to choose a different borrow area and 
thoroughly test there as well.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/183/story/320316.html

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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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