[CPEO-MEF] Bogue Sound (NC) UXO

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Military warns Bogue Sound boaters of old ordnance

The Associated Press
Fayetteville Online (NC)
August 6, 2006

Boaters in Bogue Sound are being warned to look out for an unusual 
hazard - old military explosives.

At the request of the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard is notifying 
mariners about the danger of unexploded ordnance in the water and on the 
islands in the sound.

The notice says the ordnance is present in the water and on the islands 
between Emerald Isle and the Intracoastal Waterway near Cat Island, Wood 
Island and Dog Island. Boaters in the 3-mile zone are urged to remain 
clear of the islands and in no case anchor or ground their boats there.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.fayettevillenc.com/local/article_ap?id=89421
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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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