From: | Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Thu, 13 May 2021 10:49:48 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: "Unexploded ordnance compels DPL to find another site for Tinian landfill" (CNMI) |
Unexploded ordnance compels DPL to find another site for Tinian landfill By Emmanuel T. Erediano Marianas Variety (CNMI) May 13, 2021 DUE to the presence of World War II unexploded ordnance or UXO, the Department of Public Lands is looking for an alternative site for the proposed Tinian landfill. More than 10 years ago, a place called Pina, located southwest of Tinian, was identified as a potential site for the relocation of the landfill, which is currently at Puntan Diablo, an open dump that is now considered a health and environmental hazard. On June 2, 2009, DPL designated 12 hectares of land in Pina for the construction of the new landfill and other facilities for solid waste management on Tinian. … For the entire article, see https://mvariety.com/news/unexploded-ordnance-compels-dpl-to-find-another-site-for-tinian-landfill/article_b1f00ebc-b2ed-11eb-abc2-3b2f1c45d78b.html — Lenny Siegel Executive Director Center for Public Environmental Oversight A project of the Pacific Studies Center LSiegel@cpeo.org P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042 Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918 http://www.cpeo.org Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org) _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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