[CPEO-MEF] Suisun Bay (CA) ships and toxic releases

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Pollution monitoring surfaces with cleaning of obsolete ships
Water board official concerned toxic material could be left in Bay

By Thomas Peele
CONTRA COSTA TIMES (CA)
Augusst 11, 2006

Future cleaning of obsolete government ships in the Bay Area will be 
monitored for pollution after two World War II relics were towed from 
Suisun Bay to Richmond, where their hulls were scoured of marine growth, 
a state water regulator said Thursday.

"Our concern is that the toxic materials attached to the boats like lead 
paint could end up in the water," said Keith Lichten, a senior engineer 
with the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board.

Water board officials were unaware of the work until the Times reported 
on it Wednesday, Lichten said. The U.S. Maritime Administration is 
having the two ships cleaned at the Port of Richmond this week after the 
Coast Guard ordered it to remove organic growth from their hulls before 
towing the vessels to Texas for scrapping.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/email/news/15250342.htm
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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>
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