[CPEO-MEF] MUNITION: Ordnance remains near Verrazano Bridge (NY)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Pol blasts inaction on cache of explosive ammo lying in shallow water  
off Verrazano Bridge

BY Alison Gendar

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
June 30, 2011

WASHINGTON - Boaters are going to have to steer clear of part of the  
Verrazano Bridge where a diver found an arsenal of unexploded  
ammunition.

Local diver Gene Ritter discovered the cache in October at the base  
of the bridge.

The 1,500 rounds of ammo, a 3-inch-around projectile and cartridges,  
are still lying in less than 20 feet of water in Gravesend Bay near  
the base of the bridge's Brooklyn tower.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/ 
2011/06/30/2011-06-30_pol_blasts_inaction_on_cache_of_ammo_found_under_b 
ridge.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
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