[CPEO-MEF] SHIPS: Gulf Harbor pier, Budd Inlet (WA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Old DNR pier removal begins

JOHN DODGE
The Olympian (WA)
February 23, 2011
Crews this week began dismantling the dilapidated pier at the old  
state Department of Natural Resources marine station at Gull Harbor  
in Budd Inlet.

Some 400 tons of wood debris, including more than 230 creosote-soaked  
pilings, are slated for removal and disposal at a hazardous waste  
landfill in Oregon, DNR restoration land manager Monica Shoemaker said.

It's the latest in a series of restoration projects on the four-acre  
shoreline property that one day could lead to beach access for the  
public and continued use of the site for storage of marine vessels  
and equipment by multiple state and local government agencies.

But much work remains before the long-range plan is fulfilled, said  
Blain Reeves, assistant manager of the DNR aquatic resources division.

After the aging wharf is removed, DNR will start testing for  
contaminants in the sediments around the dock where more than 100  
mothballed Navy vessels - from warships to patrol boats - were moored  
from 1946 to 1972.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.theolympian.com/2011/02/23/1553434/old-dnr-pier-removal- 
begins.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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