[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Mare Island (CA) dredging

[Lenny Siegel]

Mare Island dredging is final hurdle delaying use of dry docks

By Jessica A. York, VALLEJO TIMES HERALD
San Jose Mercury News (CA)
January 30, 2009

Mare Island's Dry Dock No. 2 is idle now, but that may be about to change.

After years vying to reopen the former naval base's watertight dock 
inlets, the end finally is in sight, said California Dry Dock Solutions 
President Jay Anast.

Company workers' last big concern involves dredging the Mare Island 
Strait deep enough for the passage of large merchant ships. The needed 
removal permit is subject to approval by the state Department of Toxic 
Substances Control —- an agency concerned about hazardous materials on 
the strait bottom.

The ships whose passage remains in question are in the federal 
government's "Mothball Fleet," formally the National Defense Reserve 
Fleet in Suisun Bay. The decaying ships, which threaten to pollute the 
Suisun marsh area are to be removed and dismantled.

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http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_11596590?nclick_check=1

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Lenny Siegel
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