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Thursday, July 19, 2007
Ind. Decisions - More on: Federal Judge McKinney to hear case on nerve agent waste
Updating this ILB entry from July 16th, the AP's Rick Callahan writes today in a story that begins:
An attorney for a company hired by the Army to incinerate nerve-agent waste argued yesterday that environmentalists raised unsound concerns in trying to block truck shipments of the waste from western Indiana's Newport Chemical Depot.U.S. District Judge Larry McKinney gave no indication yesterday when he'll rule on whether to prohibit the transfers, as requested by environmentalists. They contend it is unsafe to move the neutralized VX waste across almost 1,000 miles from Newport to Port Arthur, Texas.
"I'm not sure how long it will take, but we won't be wasting any time," McKinney said after hearing closing arguments at the end of three days of testimony.
The Army agreed to suspend the shipments last month until McKinney ruled.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on July 19, 2007 07:09 AM
Posted to Environment | Ind Fed D.Ct. Decisions