U.S. Army Suspends Cross-Country Shipments of VX Wastewater
Environment News Service, June, 2007 by staff
TERRE HAUTE, Indiana (ENS) — --> The U.S. Army has agreed to temporarily suspend shipments of VX chemical weapons disposal by-products from Indiana to Texas while a federal court in Terre Haute hears evidence in a lawsuit seeking a halt to the shipments.
Texas and Indiana citizens groups, joined by two national organizations - the Sierra Club and the Chemical Weapons Working Group - were poised to file a temporary restraining order motion to stop the shipments but opted to request a voluntary "stand-down" from the Army first.
The Army accepted under conditions that were met during a conference call last week with attorneys for the citizen plaintiffs, Army attorneys, attorneys for Veolia Environmental Services, and U.S. District Judge Larry McKinney.
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