They agreed to remove the toxic waste from Sihanoukville within 60 days or be fined 1,000 U.S. dollars a day for the first 15 days beyond the 60day deadline. No compensation was to be paid to victims without medical proof agreed by both sides. Westmorland residents in uproar against plan. The EPA then denies Safety-Kleen a permit to import the waste. And the shipment of waste for California is rerouted back to Taiwan.
Coalition wins victory.
The FPG waste arrives back in Taiwan and is stored in its sea-going containers at Kaohsiung port. FPG is given a temporary permit to hold the waste. They subsequently receive 5 extensions to this permit while they attempt to re-export the waste to other communities. A plan to ship the waste to a dumpsite in Nevada state is revealed to be contemplated by US firm US Ecology near Beatty, Nevada. Greenaction alerts Nevada communities, Indian Tribes, governmental officials and media.