[CPEO-MEF] SHIPS, NATIVE PEOPLES: "Tribe, groups sue Navy over ship cleaning in Puget Sound" (WA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Tribe, groups sue Navy over ship cleaning in Puget Sound

by Phung Le

Associated Press 

June 14, 2017

SEATTLE - The Suquamish Tribe and two environmental groups are suing the U.S. Navy, saying it sent harmful pollutants into Puget Sound when it cleaned a decommissioned aircraft carrier near Bremerton.

The mothballed 60,000-ton (60,963-metric ton) USS Independence was cleaned in waters near Bremerton, Washington, in January and February before it was towed to Brownsville, Texas, this month to be dismantled.

The tribe, Washington Environmental Council and Puget Soundkeeper Alliance allege that the Navy violated clean-water laws by not obtaining a permit when it scraped the ship's hull and underwater components and sent pollution into the water.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Tribe-groups-sue-Navy-over-ship-cleaning-in-11220523.php

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