a1570: FW: The barge in Jacmel with shredded tires (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: "Hoover, Julie H." <Hoover@pbworld.com>

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> If you give a hoot, then send your protest to the
> Haitian Parliament in Port-au-Prince, and alert the
> international environmental movement at the above
> addresses and throughout the haitian community abroad, or
> anybody who cares, that there is a barge that arrived
> in Jacmel, on the southeastern coast of HAITI, from
> Puerto-Rico, on Monday 04/01/02 at 9:00 AM carrying
> 4100 tons of shredded-used-tires.
> The barge was pulled by a tugboat flying the flag of
> the United States of America, the cargo to be unloaded
> in the port of Jacmel.
>
> Today Tuesday 04/02/02 at noon, neither the Port
> Authority of Jacmel (APN), nor Jacmel customs
> officials were cooperating with the public in
> providing information to me ( an eyewitness to the
> arrival)or anyone else as to who the consignee was.
> Rumors have it that it's combustible for the Electric
> Company of Jacmel (EdH). EdH denied it. Employees of
> JACOSA, an alcohol and essential oil manufacturing
> company, have confirmed that the company was
> interested in experimenting with burning the rubber in
> their furnace.
>
> The latest official information received at about
> 1700hour today, the cargo was consigned to the Star
> Multi Services Maritime Agency of Jacmel run by Mr.
> Frantz (aka Fanfan) Gaspard, a very close associate of
> Senator Fourel Celestin himself a very close associate
> of J-B Aristide, and currently President of the
> Haitian Parliament. The order to import the stuff in
> Jacmel was signed weeks ago by the former Prime
> Minister, M. Jean-Marie CHERESTAL. The name of JACOSA
> did appear on the manifest for 2000 tons, according to
> the correspondent of Radio Metropole (one of Haiti
> major radio station).
>
> More rumors have it that "they" plan to pile
> the stuff along the Jacmel Grand'Rivière bed about one
> mile and a half inland. Can you imagine what will
> happen to the bay of Jacmel as we enter the
> spring torrential rainy season?
>
> The part of the barge visible above the water line is
> more than 100x40 meters. The stuff is piled about
> another 30 meters high. The piece of shredded tires
> seen at a ten to fifteen meters distance appear to be
> the size of a hard boiled egg.
>
> Hear that !!!  The docking of the barge was authorized
> by the Directeur-General of the Police Nationale
> d'Haiti, who just happened to be in Jacmel for the
> Easter weekend and had not left for work in
> Port-au-Prince by Monday morning 9 o'clock.
>
> Latest info...people in Jacmel are already talking
> about taking to the streets to prevent the unloading
> of the stuff.
>
> Thanks and courage...Guy Bauduy
>
>
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