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St. Petersburg Times FLORIDA, 25 June 2002 -- The remaining 2,500 tons of a shipload of incinerator ash shunned by ports and landfills around the world for 16 years should be in its final resting place back in Pennsylvania by early July, officials said Monday. The Philadelphia incinerator ash should be shipped out of Stuart by the weekend, state environmental officials said. State tests have determined that the waste isn't toxic or hazardous, said Melissa Meeker, director of district management for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Pennsylvania said earlier this month it would accept the ash, agreeing the ash is its problem. The ash, 15,000 tons originally, was loaded on a ship, the Khian Sea, in 1986. The ship was turned away from Key West, Bermuda, the Dominican Republic and a dozen other ports. Much of the ash was dumped in the Indian Ocean after 2,000 tons were piled on a beach in Haiti in a failed attempt to incorporate it into fertilizer production. After more than a decade abandoned on the beach, that pile found a temporary home on a barge that has been tied up and rusting on the St. Lucie Canal since April 2000. Copyright 2002 Times Publishing Company FAIR USE NOTICE. This document contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. The Basel Action Network is making this article available in our efforts to advance understanding of ecological sustainability and environmental justice issues. We believe that this constitutes a `fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond `fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. More News |