Sunday, August 2, 2009

First shipment of toxic sludge from Hudson River being unloaded in West Texas

Who says NYC doesn't export any actually "goods" anymore!? This is deeply embarassing; think of the transport costs alone! Aye!


By ANNA M. TINSLEY
atinsley@star-telegram.com


Crews are still unloading the first 81-car train load of toxic sludge sucked out of New York’s Hudson River into specially dug storage pits at a West Texas waste disposal site.

The load, which likely passed through the Metroplex, arrived at the Waste Control Specialists site in Andrews County this month, company spokesman Chuck McDonald said.

"On this first load, we are going very slowly to make sure we know what we are doing," McDonald said. "We are taking our time. Everything has gone smoothly."

This is the first of hundreds of loads of contaminated waste expected to be sent to West Texas from a Hudson environmental cleanup that could cost $750 million.

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