http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...-sunk-today-to-make-artificial-reef-1.3021329
HMCS Annapolis to be sunk today to make artificial reef
Artificial Reef Society of B.C. has been working to sink the ship since 2008
CBC News Posted: Apr 04, 2015 9:59 AM PT| Last Updated: Apr 04, 2015 12:29 PM PT
The decommissioned HMCS Annapolis, pictured in Howe Sound in 2010, is being sunk today. (Canadian Press)
■LIVE | Watch a live feed of the Annapolis sinking here
http://www.meridix.com/mbp/event/in...rdid=71718&event_position=&event_type=general
The HMCS Annapolis is scheduled to be sunk today off Gambier Island, northwest of Vancouver. to make an artificial reef.
The federal court cleared the way for the former Canadian Navy destroyer to be sunk in March. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gD-lEZn-rmHyhchkNLfegJ_kOzX4Ivk0B0mB0n76Jl8/edit?usp=sharing
The Save Halkett Bay Marine Park Society opposed the sinking arguing the ship had a toxic chemical in the anti-fouling paint on the hull.
But Justice Paul Crampton ruled in March the Environment Canada permit issued to sink the ship was not "unreasonable" because the anti-fouling paint was in a "non-active state" because of its age, and the Canadian guidelines on the cleanup of the ship were consistent with international standards.
The Artificial Reef Society of B.C. has been working since 2008 to sink the former Canadian warship in Halkett Bay Marine Park in Howe Sound to create the eighth artificial reef in B.C. but until today its efforts had been successfully blocked by environmental groups.
http://www.artificialreef.bc.ca/index.php/2-uncategorised/62-2015-01-15-annapolis-sink-press-release
HMCS Annapolis to be sunk today to make artificial reef
Artificial Reef Society of B.C. has been working to sink the ship since 2008
CBC News Posted: Apr 04, 2015 9:59 AM PT| Last Updated: Apr 04, 2015 12:29 PM PT
The decommissioned HMCS Annapolis, pictured in Howe Sound in 2010, is being sunk today. (Canadian Press)
■LIVE | Watch a live feed of the Annapolis sinking here
http://www.meridix.com/mbp/event/in...rdid=71718&event_position=&event_type=general
The HMCS Annapolis is scheduled to be sunk today off Gambier Island, northwest of Vancouver. to make an artificial reef.
The federal court cleared the way for the former Canadian Navy destroyer to be sunk in March. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gD-lEZn-rmHyhchkNLfegJ_kOzX4Ivk0B0mB0n76Jl8/edit?usp=sharing
The Save Halkett Bay Marine Park Society opposed the sinking arguing the ship had a toxic chemical in the anti-fouling paint on the hull.
But Justice Paul Crampton ruled in March the Environment Canada permit issued to sink the ship was not "unreasonable" because the anti-fouling paint was in a "non-active state" because of its age, and the Canadian guidelines on the cleanup of the ship were consistent with international standards.
The Artificial Reef Society of B.C. has been working since 2008 to sink the former Canadian warship in Halkett Bay Marine Park in Howe Sound to create the eighth artificial reef in B.C. but until today its efforts had been successfully blocked by environmental groups.
http://www.artificialreef.bc.ca/index.php/2-uncategorised/62-2015-01-15-annapolis-sink-press-release
