Ships to be cleaned despite risk: U.S. agency plans to prepare Suisun Bay fleet for removal, overlooking state's concerns about pollution. From: Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) | Date: July 6, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Contra Costa Times. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Thomas Peele

Jul. 6--Despite concerns of state pollution regulators, the U.S. Maritime Administration will soon resume moving toxic-laden ships out of Suisun Bay for scrapping after using a new system to capture materials removed from the vessels' hulls, the agency's head announced Thursday.

U.S. Maritime Administrator Sean Connaughton, in a letter to the Bay Area's top water-pollution regulator, said that he is unilaterally lifting the moratorium he ...

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