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Stand by with my interview with admiral thad allen, revealing new information to us. you'll want to hear what he has to say. gulf coast residents clearly don't want oil and tar balls washing up on their beaches but they apparently don't want them in their back yards either. cnn's randi kaye takes a closer look at the controversy over where to dump the crude. >> reporter: if you've been wondering where all that scooped up, onshore oil ends up, here's your answer. this is mississippi's pecan grove landfill. what cleanup crews gather onshore, tar balls, oiled sand, and vegetation, is hauled away ...

The world, making decisions for folks down here. randi kaye uncovered a smelly mess from one local community. they doesn't want it there. they passed a resolution, saying so but bp headquartered in london and an operator in houston dumped on them anyway. how did it happen? how could it happen? randi kaye is keeping it honest. >> reporter: if you've been wondering where all that scooped-up, onshore oil ends up, here's your answer. this is mississippi's pecan grove landfill. what cleanup workers gather onshore, tar ball, oiled sand and vegetation, is hauled away and buried here. that even includ...

Where the sand that they have dumped on the beaches has he a eroded down. if you look about four layers down you see that it is covering up oil. >> alisyn: well this morning bp is responding to that tape and they tell us, quote: there is a long-term treatment plan for grand isle, which includes the collection and washing of oiled sand, including buried oil. part of this plan includes collecting and storing oiled sand in piles for later cleaning. at no time has clean sand been used to cover or bury oil or oiled sand. all right. well, in an effort to pay back its out-of-control debt, the "new yo...