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Petroleum contamination closes Cape Hatteras beach after erosion exposes hazardous remnants of old military site

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Cape Hatteras has expanded the closure of its beach after erosion exposed toxins from an old military site. Soil and groundwater is contaminated with petroleum, which is now exposed to the beachfront during low tide and wave action during high tide.

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Petroleum contamination closes Cape Hatteras beach after erosion exposes hazardous remnants of old military site

Cape Hatteras has expanded the closure of its beach after erosion exposed toxins from an old military site. Soil and groundwater is contaminated with petroleum, which is now exposed to the beachfront during low tide and wave action during high tide.

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Petroleum Contamination Leads To Beach Closure At Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Historic military infrastructure near Buxton, NC, at Cape Hatteras National Seashore has been exposed by wave action/NPSWave action has brought to the surface petroleum-contaminated soils at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina, prompting the National Park Service to temporarily close a section of beach.The beach erosion over the past day or so exposed more of the Buxton Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS), a historic military site. A…

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Recent erosion exposes remnant petroleum contamination at Buxton Formerly Used Defense Site

Photo by CHNS UPDATE: The Buxton Beach closure has been expanded by 0.25 miles as of Thursday morning, September 5 Over the last 24-36 hours, several feet of sand have been washed away from an area of beach in front of the Buxton Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) at Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore). Soil and groundwater that is apparently contaminated with petroleum from historic military use of the site is now exposed to the beachfron…

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