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» Dispersant / Corexitby Debbie Williams
Published: Mon, August 02, 2010 - 6:15 pm CST
Last Updated: Mon, August 02, 2010 - 6:19 pm CST
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Debbie WilliamsORANGE BEACH, Alabama - The beaches may not be black with oil, but it's there.
Sprinkled in the sand, tar balls. Just past the surf line an oily pom pom boom lies buried in the water still sticky with oil. And if you dig a hole you may not see layers of black goo but just like tests results have shown, oil or petroleum products are there.
That's why Orange Beach Mayor Tony Kennon says the sand has to go. "I ask them for a written plan of how they were going to refurbish the beach. In other words are they going to clean the sand, replace the sand, what are they going to do to put it back to the state it was in prior to the oil spill. I haven't seen that plan yet."
Kennon says the sand so many take for granted is actually in limited supply. "Most people don't know this but beach quality sand is very, very limited in the gulf. You just don't go out there and pump sand you have to find a certain type of sand, certain quality sand it's very limited."
So while everything on the surface may look fine, "I haven't seen it, the water is beautiful, the beaches are nice," says Dale Deshotels vacationing from Louisiana.
It's what's below the surface and lying on top that is cause for concern. "By next spring or snowbird season I want our beaches 100 percent restored to pre-spill status," says Kennon.
When it comes to cleaning the sand Kennon says there are several options. First the contaminated sand has to be dug up and removed, then there's talk of machines where dirty sand would go in, go through a process and clean sand would come out the back of the machine.
The sand could be hauled away cleaned and brought back, or a beach renourishment project like we've seen after hurricanes. Only they don't know if the pits in the gulf where the sand would come from have been contaminated by the gusher in the gulf. They claimed is proven tech.