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Recovering boats in New Orleans
If this runs anything like our own state's "derelict vessel" program,
it's not surprising that the taxpayers are on the hook for an average of $50,000 for the removal of each of these boats. The costs of breaking up a boat and then recycling everything in an approved manner, (plus profit and the cost to hire a few inspectors to stand around and watch each boat come apart), can add up quickly. ***************** Work begins to raise, remove boats sunk by Hurricane Katrina at New Orleans yacht harbor AP NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Florida contractor is fishing for boats that Hurricane Katrina deposited at the bottom of one of the city's largest marinas. As many as 200 boats are submerged at Municipal Yacht Harbor. By Wednesday evening, a huge crane had pulled up a dozen in a project that could cost up to $1 million (euro730,000). "Sonar readings might show one boat, but it could be sitting atop another one or even two," said Bruce Hammatt, a state Department of Environmental Quality administrator overseeing the cleanup. Resolve Marine Group of Port Everglades, Florida, is expected to finish the job in about a month, Hammatt said. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is paying for 90 percent of the work, with the state picking up the rest. Hammatt said he has supervised removal of 500 to 1,000 boats around South Louisiana so far, including commercial shrimping and fishing boats from the harbors at Empire and Venice in Plaquemines Parish. The Coast Guard has taken hundreds of boats from navigable waterways and coastal harbors, he said. The city of New Orleans did not ask for help at the marina until last summer, and it has taken until now to complete the environmental assessments and get through the state bidding process, Hammatt said. Before a vessel can be scrapped, all chemicals and electronic equipment must be removed and separated for disposal. The agreement also calls for Resolve to remove an estimated 300 tons of debris - from wood pilings to refrigerators to splintered boat parts - from the harbor bottom. |
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Recovering boats in New Orleans
On May 11, 6:29�am, Chuck Gould wrote:
If this runs anything like our own state's "derelict vessel" program, it's not surprising that the taxpayers are on the hook for an average of $50,000 for the removal of each of these boats. The costs of breaking up a boat and then recycling everything in an approved manner, (plus profit and the cost to hire a few inspectors to stand around and watch each boat come apart), can add up quickly. ***************** Work begins to raise, remove boats sunk by Hurricane Katrina at New Orleans yacht harbor AP NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Florida contractor is fishing for boats that Hurricane Katrina *deposited at the bottom of one of the city's largest marinas. As many as 200 boats are submerged at Municipal Yacht Harbor. By Wednesday evening, a huge crane had pulled up a dozen in a project that could cost up to $1 million (euro730,000). "Sonar readings might show one boat, but it could be sitting atop another one or even two," said Bruce Hammatt, a state Department of Environmental Quality administrator overseeing the cleanup. Resolve Marine Group of Port Everglades, Florida, is expected to finish the job in about a month, Hammatt said. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is paying for 90 percent of the work, with the state picking up the rest. Hammatt said he has supervised removal of 500 to 1,000 boats around South Louisiana so far, including commercial shrimping and fishing boats from the harbors at Empire and Venice in Plaquemines Parish. The Coast Guard has taken hundreds of boats from navigable waterways and coastal harbors, he said. The city of New Orleans did not ask for help at the marina until last summer, and it has taken until now to complete the environmental assessments and get through the state bidding process, Hammatt said. Before a vessel can be scrapped, all chemicals and electronic equipment must be removed and separated for disposal. The agreement also calls for Resolve to remove an estimated 300 tons of debris - from wood pilings to refrigerators to splintered boat parts - from the harbor bottom. Oops. Blew a decimal point in the math....... |
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Recovering boats in New Orleans
On May 11, 6:29am, Chuck Gould wrote:
the taxpayers are on the hook for an average of $50,000 for the removal of each of these boats. On 11 May 2007 07:39, Chuck Gould wrote: Oops. Blew a decimal point in the math....... Not to worry. Your error will probably turn out to be closer to the the correct figure in the end anyway. Rick |
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