[CPEO-MEF] CLEANUP: ‘Fiery Marsh’ Dump, North Island Naval Air Station (CA)

[Lenny Siegel]

State Agencies Demand Navy Clean Up Toxic ‘Fiery Marsh’ Dump on North Island


by J.W. August
Times of San Diego (CA)
May 4, 2022

It’s aptly described as “The Fiery Marsh,” covering 95 acres on the southwest side of Naval Air Station North Island. The “fiery” part of the name refers to six pits in the marshy areas of the island that were used to burn off chemicals used on the Navy base.  

A letter sent in February by the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board’s executive officer, David Gibson, to the commanding officer at North Island, Capt. Dwight Clemons, asks the Navy”to initiate a formal dispute process in response to the environmental and water quality concerns at the ‘Fiery Marsh.'”

Simply put, the regional board feels it’s time for the Navy to finish cleaning up the remains from the fire pits, where hazardous materials were dumped and set on fire. This began in the 1950s and lasted until 1971.

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For the entire article, see
https://timesofsandiego.com/military/2022/05/04/state-agencies-demand-navy-clean-up-toxic-fiery-marsh-dump-on-north-island/


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel at cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)