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Flight Booking That agreement prohibits the dumping of dredge spoils that have a level of PCB-contamination above 113 parts per billion. The mud the Navy wants to dump off Sandy Hook is contaminated at a level of 123 parts per billion on average.

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Travel Agent EPA officials contend the mud does not violate the agreement Campbell helped negotiate and will not harm New Jersey's beaches or environment. "We would not have agreed that this material was suitable ... if we didn't feel that," said Bonnie Bellow, an EPA spokeswoman.

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Hotel Chicago "The EPA has launched a clear attack on the ocean and the standards to protect the ocean," said Cindy Zipf, executive director of the environmental group Clean Ocean Action, at a news conference yesterday on the beach in Sea Bright.

Online Booking Ron Borsellino, director of the division of environmental planning and protection at the EPA's regional office, said the 113-parts-per-billion standard was a "guidance number." He also said, based on the EPA's sampling methods used to test the mud, there is "statistically" no difference between 113 parts per billion and 123 parts per billion.

Travel Health Insurance Campbell disagrees. He said he objects to the Navy's plan and is not inclined to approve the permits the Navy needs. Though the Navy has received the EPA's approval, it still needs the approval of the Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers before it can proceed.

Hotel Reservation "I don't accept that 113 is essentially the same as 123," Campbell said. "We think the numbers are sufficiently high enough that it's inconsistent with the standard."

London Hotel Booking While working for the White House Council on Environmental Quality under the Clinton administration, Campbell negotiated the agreement in 1996 that prohibited ocean dumping off Sandy Hook, except on a limited basis at one site where the contamination levels already were high. Four years later, while an EPA regional administrator, Campbell also helped negotiate the agreement that established the 113-parts-per-billion standard for PCB contamination at the Sandy Hook site.

Discount Travel U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-6th District) said there are other places where the mud could be sent, such as an abandoned coal mine in Western Pennsylvania.

Orlando Hotel "We're not against the dredging," Pallone said. "But the question is, are you going to dispose of it in the ocean or dispose of it upland?"

Booking Agency Federal officials say disposing of the mud on land would be significantly more costly than dumping it at sea.

International Travel Medical Officials at the Army Corps said they will consider the Navy's plan after a 30-day public comment period.

New York Hotel By Anthony S. Twyman
Star-Ledger - 7/3/2002

Topic: Dredging

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