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Buxton · BuxtonBUXTON, N.C. (WNCN) -- Part of a beach at the Outer Banks is closing again because of ongoing problems from a former submarine monitoring site, officials said Saturday. The closure is a shoreline adjacent to the Buxton Formerly Used Defense Site, due to petroleum odors and light oil sheens on the water, according to a Cape Hatteras National Seashore news release. The three-tenths-of-a-mile closure is from the southern boundary of Buxton Village …See the Story
Outer Banks beach closed after erosion exposes oil odor, sheen
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Swimming · BuxtonMANTEO, N.C. (WAVY) - The Cape Hatteras National Seashore advised swimmers Sunday that visitors should not swim or wade in the water from Old Lighthouse Beach to the northern boundary of Ramp 43. This is in response to petroleum odors and sheens coming from the Buxton Formerly Used Defense Site.
Army Corps finishes testing on the source of Buxton pollution at old Navy base That stretch of the beach has been closed since 2023, and the Army…See the Story
No Swimming Advised in Parts of Cape Hatteras National Seashore Due to Petroleum Odors
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Buxton · BuxtonThe DHHS issued the following press release on Tuesday, August 5, regarding the temporary expansion of the closure along a section of Buxton Beach. More information on the resurfaced petroleum smells can be found here. This is the only stretch of shoreline closed as a public health precaution out of 75 miles of Cape Hatteras National Seashore.The Dare County Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) in conjunction with Cape Hatteras National…Read Article
