As waves of Japanese tsunami debris reach Northwest coast, who will pay for cleanup?

With tons of debris from last March's tsunami in Japan washing ashore along the Northwest coast of the US, no one knows yet how they're going to collect it all, dispose of it, or pay for the cleanup. Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is paying $84,000 to have a 66-foot Japanese dock that washed ashore this month cut up and carted off — its entire annual budget for beach cleanup. And this is just the first wave. Debris is expected to keep coming for two, even three years. In Washington State, Gov, Christine Gregoire says $100,000 set aside for tsunami clean up clearly isn't enough. "We don't have the resources at the state level to do what we're going to have to have done here," Gregoire said. For now, Washington and Oregon are relying on volunteers, but they say they need federal help — now.

CBS News, 6/26/2012