The report makes it easier to pollution concerns over Suisun Bay reserve vessels [property]

NOAA report states that at the fleet of Suisun Bay, California, stowed, over 70 ships in the vicinity of ageing are similar to those found in the rest of the San Francisco Bay.

Congress, at the request of the NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION: Office of response and restoration (or & R) carry out an investigation in the address concerns about the peeling paint and environmental groups and state California dangerous material.

Vessels, similar to this one of the seven boats make up the national defence, Suisun Bay reserve fleet in California.

Vessels form part of the named National Defense reserve Fleet out of date or decommissioned ships nationwide fleet of the maritime administration manages. the United States fleet of any defence or emergency events such as Hurricane Katrina. Reserve fleet in the course of the program began in 1946, at the end of World War II., the program reached a peak in 1950 to more than 2,000 ships at several locations around the country.

"NOAA is pleased to offer the scientific expertise and help answer questions about potential effects on the reserve naval vessels permitted to take the Suisun Bay, natural resources," said Rob Ricker, OR & R Regional Manager.

During the summer of 2008 NOAA researchers surface and more than sufficient in sediment samples – 200 samples 72 locations and tissue samples of the Bay – the mussels and clams 15 collected at the Suisun Bay research.

The following types of bags of the mussels were introduced by book nine of the sampling stations and other locations throughout the Fleet Suisun Bay.

SAMPLING SITES were selected for the regions in the vicinity of the fleet when the water currents were likely to be transport and deposit sediments and pollutants related to fleet based on an analysis of the fleet use. sampling close to researchers with vessels from contaminants in a greater degree of confidence in the set.

The samples were analyzed in a series of metals and other compounds sometimes found in the ship's goal, such as lead and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBS) in the laboratory. They also measure the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, that can be found on the level of petroleum products after the analysis of the NOAA researchers found metals, PCBs and other pollutants at levels comparable to that of the entire San Francisco Bay Area in other places. on the basis of this analysis, the Organization of the NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION recommend any specific action.

The environmental assessment of the findings are available is called the Suisun Bay, California Assessment of Environmental contaminants associated with national defence reserve fleet in the final report.