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Army Corps outlines debris removal methods, timetable for Palisades and Malibu recovery
Summary
Colonel Salser told Los Angeles public radio that wildfire debris is being sorted, wetted and transported to certified facilities, with a presidential deadline for federal removal and ongoing work to reduce truck traffic and protect coastal runoff.
Colonel Salser of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers described how crews are collecting and disposing of debris from the recent Palisades and Malibu wildfires, saying the removal program separates waste on site, uses water to suppress ash and ships regulated materials to certified facilities across Southern California.
In an interview on LA Currents, Colonel Salser said the Corps and its partners are using ‘‘wet methods’’ during collection to keep ash and fine particles from becoming airborne and are transporting ash in lined, wrapped dump trucks to state‑certified receiving sites. ‘‘We put them in super 10 dump trucks licensed by the state of California that are lined with a very heavy plastic liner,’’ Salser said. He added that trucks are then double‑tarpped before leaving the site.
The Corps is routing different waste streams to specialized facilities, Salser said: asbestos‑contaminated material is bagged, separated and sent to asbestos receiving facilities; concrete and metals are consolidated,…
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