[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: North O'ahu, Hawai'i target islands

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

For Immediate Release:  October 10, 2012 '
Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources' ' '

UNDERWATER UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE (UXO) DEMOLITION OPERATIONS PLANNED  
OFFSHORE MALAEKAHANA STATE RECREATION AREA LA'IE, HAWAI'I

In the interest of public safety, unexploded ordnance (UXO)  
technicians working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in  
coordination with the State of Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural  
Resources, will be conducting controlled underwater UXO demolition  
off the coast of Malaekahana State Recreation Area on Thursday,  
October 11, 2012. '

...

The UXO were discovered during a remedial investigation conducted by  
the Corps on the formerly used defense sites (FUDS) property called  
O'ahu target islands. The site consists of four small islands  
(Moku'auia, which is also known as Goat Island, Kihewamoku, Mokualai,  
and Pulemoku Rock) located between the communities of La'ie and  
Kahuku on the northeast shore of O'ahu. All four islands are  
uninhabited and lie in a two-mile stretch, less than a mile off the  
coast.

...

For the entire release, see
http://hawaii.gov/dlnr/chair/pio/nr/2012/NR12-134.pdf

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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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