[CPEO-MEF] SHIPS: Suisun Bay (CA) mothball fleet

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Water board sues U.S. over mothball fleet

Kelly Zito
San Francisco Chronicle
August 29, 2008


A regional water board is readying a lawsuit against the U.S. Maritime 
Administration claiming federal authorities have allowed toxic chemicals 
and metals from the mothball fleet to continue to leach into Suisun Bay.

The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board contends the 
50-plus decrepit ships - some cargo ships dating to World War II - have 
dumped asbestos, used oil and as much as 19 tons of mercury, lead and 
copper from their hulls and pose hazards to water quality, commercial 
and sport fishing, fish migration and endangered species.

Unless federal maritime officials halt the pollution discharges in 60 
days, the water board plans to file suit in U.S. District Court in 
Sacramento under the Clean Water Act.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/29/BA3R12K9BU.DTL

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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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