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To subscribe, E-mail the words . . The program was to develop rules for ocean-going ships burning liquid hazardous wastes, to designate sites where such burning would be allowed, and to establish criteria for evaluating companies seeking permission to operate incinerator ships. The Gulf coast, the East coast, and the Pacific coast all have been considered as possible sites for ocean incineration in recent years. Citizen opposition has been massive and adamant. A spokesman for EPA said the agency's abandonment of its rulemaking program had nothing whatever to do with ChemWaste's withdrawal of its permit application a month earlier.