Capt. Frank Hopkins wrote:

Harry,

This has NOTHING to do with hushpuppies,

I live on Julington Creek, and am a member of the local USCG Auxiliary.
I have been very concerned with the St. Johns River's health, even
before there was such a thing as a newsgroup.

The NAS superfund site was cleaned up during the Regan administration.

Nope. Sorry. It is still on the list.



According to Dr. Carole DeMort, Federal Marine Biologist for the local
area Navy and Chairperson of University of North Florida's Marine
Biology Department, there are no such plans to exempt the military from
any environmental standards.

Dr. DeMort is uninformed. It is under discussion in Washington, D.C.,
and is being debated.




In fact, both Naval Air Station, and Mayport Naval Station have
installed a state of the art oil spill containment facilities and rapid
response units attached to the fire departments on bases.

You've been reading PR statements.


In my opinion, the military has done a faithful job of insuring site
cleanups and addressing containment issues.


My opinion and that of many others who really watch this stuff is that
the military is paying lip service to the concept.


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