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Mixture coming off the beaches and ending up in your landfill? >> we're tired of being dumped on. we don't want it. take your waste somewhere else or please find an alternative. >> reporter: rockco says the board passed a resolution not to accept any bp waste in this community. that didn't matter. that's because waste management, which owns the landfill, doesn't have to listen to what the county board says. it answers to the state. so, it signed a contract with bp and started dumping the oily waste right where rockco and plenty of others feared they would. what concerns you most about this oil...

The entire time. >> shepard: in the war on the gush there, there is a new weapon on scene tonight, right? >> >> yeah, the navy's mz 3 a a large white air ship it finally arrived it had been delayed because of heavy winds and bad weather. it's currently hovering and floating and moving very slowly over the coast of alabama. the advantage is that it flies slowly and low and in thes" of the sky can spot the oil and direct crews on the ground. for example lake ponch train. they are taking towels and one by one cleaning the oil off those bayou grass blades. shep? >> shepard: man alive. phil keating...

In the disaster zone. here's a preview of the developments that we are following at this hour. what lies beneath. a cnn crew, including environmentalist felipe cousteau will take us on a deep sea dive right in the gulf of mexico. we'll talk to them live. a u.s. navy blimp makes its first flight over the oil slick. what will it see? officials hope it will speed up the skimming efforts. and more oil on the shore. tarmacs, not tar balls, tar mats now watching up on texas and mississippi coasts. details will come up for you in a live report. but first, more on our deep sea dive. the dangers ...

Bp has cut deals with to dump all this stuff. that must mean the communities are okay with it too. right? wrong. connie rocco is the president of the board of supervisors in harrison, mississippi, where the pecan groveland phyllis located. >> reporter: how do you feel about this oily mixture ending up in your landfill? >> we don't want it. it is valuable landfill space and hazardous to our citizens. take your waste somewhere else or find an alternative. >> reporter: she says the county board passed a resolution not to accept any bp waste in this community. that didn't matter. that's because wa...

Their soul purpose is to survey the area and take out any tar balls with nets if they can. because they're trying to keep this area as open as possible. they've got boats there, they've got owners that keep their boats there, and they want to try and keep the harbor open so they can go out with those boats as much as possible, don. >> all right. thank you very much. ines, listen, the dive that's going to happen just minutes away, we're hearing crews are getting into place right now, so they should see it at any moment now, so make sure you stay tuned. we're anticipating it, as well. and i'm su...