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‘It smells like a gas station’: Hatteras Island beach hazards remain without clear path to cleanup

David Hallac, National Parks of Eastern North Carolina superintendent, looks at the jumble of concrete, twisted metal rebar and other materials that beach erosion has exposed in Buxton. He said the exposed infrastructure is part of the former U.S. Navy base’s Building 19. (Corinne Saunders/The Virginian-Pilot)
Corinne Saunders/The Virginian-Pilot
David Hallac, National Parks of Eastern North Carolina superintendent, looks at the jumble of concrete, twisted metal rebar and other materials that beach erosion has exposed in Buxton. He said the exposed infrastructure is part of the former U.S. Navy base’s Building 19. (Corinne Saunders/The Virginian-Pilot)
Corinne Saunders. (Stephen M. Katz/The Virginian-Pilot)
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Nearly half a year after coastal erosion exposed them, the hazards on the beach by the Buxton Beach Access remain without a clear plan for cleanup. A national program tasked with cleanup of former military sites recently concluded it won't be addressing the Buxton beach.

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