Navy owes $1.5 million for damage to reef in Philippines
4/9/13
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from CNN,
4/9/13:
The U.S. government is getting its bill for the damage a Navy minesweeper did to a Philippine coral reef, and it’s less than expected.
Philippine officials say the USS Guardian damaged 2,346 square meters (25,252 square feet) of Tubbataha Reef after it ran aground January 17. That’s down from the original estimate of about 4,000 square meters (43,000 square feet).
And that means, under Philippine law, the United States owes $1.5 million in fines, the Tubbataha Protected Area Management Board said in a posting on the Tubbahata Reefs Natural Park website Monday.
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