U.S. Navy in Hot Water for Washing Retired Aircraft Carrier

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The cleanup of a decommissioned aircraft carrier at a base in Puget Sound's Sinclair Inlet has landed the U.S. Navy in court for an alleged Clean Water Act violation. Puget Soundkeeper Alliance is suing the Navy for the alleged discharge of up to 730 cubic yards of debris into the water, which resulted from the use of scrapers and high pressure jets to clean the hull of the decommissioned USS Independence. The retired aircraft carrier was cleaned in January at the Naval Base Kitsap, which is located within the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Complex, a designated Superfund site.