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

["Knudsen, Cathy" <Cathy.Knudsen@testamericainc.com>]

Lenny!
I saw a presentation given by the Corps on Surf City.  During beach
re-nourishment commercial dredgers do not use fine screens at the intake
and out-take pipeline that dredge the sand up from the bottom of the
Atlantic and  brings the sand forward. Unfortunately up until the mid
90's the military was allowed to do off shore dumping of munitions.
Since the Corps became involved in cleaning up the disaster that was
caused at Surf City they mandate these screens on all of their
equipment. Citizens should be very concerned with beach re-nourishment
done by commercial contractors who do not adhere to this guidance.  

The homes at Surf City are extremely expensive and extremely close to
the shore line.  Living in Florida I continue to  wonder why similar
communities allow condos and million dollar homes to ruin our beach
habitat and use Taxpayers money to re-nourish their beaches every two
years.  Wasting more taxpayers money on suing the corps seems more than
frivolous to me.  



CATHERINE J. KNUDSEN
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[mailto:military-bounces@lists.cpeo.org] On Behalf Of Lenny Siegel
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 12:51 AM
To: Military Environmental Forum
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Surf City (NJ) beach replenishment

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.

...

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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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