[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Undersea ordnance, Waianae Coast (HI)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Tests set to explore ways of removing sea ordnance

By Gregg K. Kakesako
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
April 15, 2008

The Army plans to undertake a $3 million demonstration project this 
summer to determine the best way to remove old explosive rounds that 
were dumped in the shallow waters near Pokai Bay off the Waianae Coast.

"Some of the munitions may be removed and destroyed on land," said Tad 
Davis, deputy assistant Army secretary for environment, safety and 
occupational health. "Others may have to be destroyed in the water."

The Army will spend another $1 million to study the long-term health 
effects this unexploded ordnance might have had on the shellfish and 
limu that inhabit the area known as Ordnance Reef.

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http://starbulletin.com/2008/04/15/news/story11.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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