Local News in Brief : Move of Port Facility OKd
The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners has unanimously approved a plan to remove the port’s largest exporter of coal and petroleum coke from Los Angeles Harbor recreational areas by 1993--one year sooner than expected.
The plan to relocate Kaiser International Corp.’s bulk loader to a remote area of Terminal Island will now go to the City Council for approval, which is expected.
For the last several years, San Pedro residents and pleasure boaters have been pressuring the port to move the bulk loader, a 26-acre facility used to store and load commodities for export. The residents and boaters blame it for black dust that pollutes the air and damages some boats.
The facility has been declared a public nuisance by the Southern California Air Quality Management District staff, and Kaiser International has appealed the decision.
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