The Standing Committee on Transport and Communications has advanced a proposal from eight MPs regarding mercury and torpedoes aboard the U-864 submarine. The committee urges the government to ensure planned operations do not foreclose the possibility of raising the wreck, and requests an additional assessment from the Coastal Administration on salvage as a viable alternative. The committee cites new technical analysis from the Defence Materiel Agency that identifies salvage as the lowest-risk solution.
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Parliament urges the government to conduct the planned expedition to U-864 in a way that does not preclude raising the submarine wreck with its cargo or removing the torpedoes.
Parliament urges the government to commission an additional assessment from the Coastal Administration on raising U-864 with its cargo and/or removing the torpedoes, following completion of the Coastal Administration's ongoing investigations and delivery of its findings and recommendations. These assessments shall be quality-assured.