[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: "Draft National Guidance on Offshore Munitions"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Announcing Availability of Draft National Guidance on Offshore Munitions for Public Comment and Public Informational Webinar
Throughout the last century, munitions and explosives of concern (MECs) have been deposited on the seabed of the United States, with a concentration on the Atlantic Seaboard.

By Homeland Security Today
August 30, 2023

On August 25, 2023, the U.S. Committee on the Marine Transportation System (CMTS) published a notice of availability for a 30-day public comment period on its proposed National Guidance for Industry on Responding to Munitions and Explosives of Concern in U.S. Federal Waters.

Throughout the last century, munitions and explosives of concern (MECs) have been deposited on the seabed of the United States, with a concentration on the Atlantic Seaboard. These munitions have ended up on the sea floor through a variety of processes including dumping, military training exercises, and war-time placements. These MECs can include unexploded ordnances and other hazardous munitions materials, such as mortars, artillery shells, and even chemical weapons such as mustard gas.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/maritime-security/announcing-availability-of-draft-national-guidance-on-offshore-munitions-for-public-comment-and-public-informational-webinar/

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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
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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)

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