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Activists Seek to Stop Move of Derelict Ships from Norfolk, Va.-Area Anchorage.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September, 2003
By Scott Harper, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Sep. 10--A coalition of environmental groups filed legal papers Tuesday seeking to halt a proposed shipment of 13 rusting Ghost Fleet vessels from Virginia to England for scrapping.
The Sierra Club, the Basel Action Network and Earth Justice sent papers to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency alleging that the cross-Atlantic plan violates a national law against exporting hazardous wastes. The vessels contain tons of asbestos, lead, mercury, heavy oil and toxic PCBs, a petroleum-based carcinogen found in ship wiring.
The groups also charge that the U.S. government provided misleading information to British officials about the need for overseas...
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