[CPEO-MEF] Gulfport (MS) dredge spoils

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Contaminated dirt to be removed along Canal Road
9,000 tons along Canal Road were tainted by dioxin

By MIKE KELLER
Biloxi Sun-Herald (MS)
February 8, 2007	

GULFPORT - Navy contractors are completing a plan to remove nearly 9,000 
tons of recently discovered contaminated soil running parallel to Canal 
Road.

"The piles range up to 7 or 8 feet above the normal elevation," said Bob 
Mertz, an engineer with Tetra Tech, the Navy contractor responsible for 
developing the removal plans. "Out of 38 samples we took, 30 exceeded 
residential limits. We've estimated that we are going to be removing 
6,500 cubic yards of dioxin-contaminated soil."

Plans to remove the piles, which were dredged out of the canal during 
routine maintenance in the 1970s and measure almost a mile long, were 
triggered after a concerned resident alerted Seabee Center environmental 
officials of their existence.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/business/16649304.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
http://www.cpeo.org

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