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February 13, 2007

Oregon may be first state to crack down on shipbreaking

By JEFF BARNARD
AP Environmental Writer

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Wary of the invasive species and toxic materials that can come with dismantling old ships, two coastal lawmakers want to make Oregon the first state in the nation to specifically require shipbreaking to be done in fully contained dry-docks so nothing escapes into the water.

The bill was prompted by the uproar that greeted a Virginia shipbreaking company last year when it tried to find a site in Oregon to open the only West Coast facility to dismantle obsolete ships from the “Ghost Fleet” of deteriorating government vessels — a problem that has been slowing the disposal of ships in California's Suisun Bay.


 
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