South Carolina is extracting more toxic waste from WWII era aircraft carrier, USS. Yorktown to prevent leakage that would danger commercial shipping and coastal ecosystems.
More toxic waste will be extracted from a World War II aircraft carrier in Charleston Harbor to prevent leakage that would imperil the commercial shipping industry and coastal ecosystems central to the South Carolina port city's identity. The removal of over 1.2 million gallons of petroleum and other hazards is part of an $18 million remediation effort for the USS Yorktown, which powered through tours in the Pacific Ocean and off Vietnam before the U.S.
State officials long declined to allocate funds toward mitigating the environmental hazard, even after a 2013 Patriots Point Development Authority study estimated that the USS Yorktown had amassed some 1.6 million gallons of toxic waste. The risk of pollution grew as saltwater corroded the hull of the ship, lodged offshore in the mud. The South Carolina Office of Resilience began the removal process in 2022 using federal relief funds under an executive order signed by Republican Gov.
Other ships have undergone similar processes on land. But officials said they cannot dislodge the USS Yorktown from the muddy ocean floor 25 feet below the surface. The Charleston area is the 'most beautiful, prosperous, lush place in all of His Majesty's areas,' McMaster said Tuesday, paraphrasing a colonial report to the King of England. 'Keeping this ship and this place, Patriots Point, booming for the rest of the state is our job,' McMaster said.
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