[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: PEER files suit for info on ocean dumping

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

News Release
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
July 21, 2010

DOES THE NAVY KNOW WHERE ITS MUNITIONS GO? - Navy Cannot Find Records to 
Quell Claims of Continued Open Sea Dumping

Washington, DC - The U.S. Navy cannot account for the disposition of 
artillery shells, missiles and other heavy munitions when its warships 
return to American ports after deployment, according to a lawsuit filed 
today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). PEER 
has received reports that the Navy still dumps ordnance at open sea to 
avoid cumbersome security arrangements for high-impact explosives when 
ships enter U.S. ports.

On March 15, 2010, PEER submitted a Freedom of Information Act request 
to the Department of the Navy asking it for any records relating to 
disposal of unused munitions from Navy vessels returning to port as well 
as for copies of charts of known ammunition disposal areas in waters off 
U.S. coasts. For decades, both the Navy and the U.S. Army routinely 
dumped unwanted ordnance, including chemical weapons, at sea. Precisely 
when (or if) the practice of ocean dumping ended is not well documented.

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For the entire release, see
http://www.peer.org/news/news_id.php?row_id=1377


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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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