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it has not happened. new york used to go to the fresh kills landfill. they are now in an agreement with new jersey to barge to a new jersey planned build. i do not have that in my notes. we have that in the file in the office. the agreement is to go into place in 2012. it is between two ports. supervisor avalos: honolulu to washington state, it does not seem like we're talking about a barge. it will be more like a container ship. >> that is right. we were trying to find anything with a ship. supervisor avalos: one of the ideas the port brought up was that currently we have the bay br...

>> it is not containerships in new york. it is barges. i do not know how they compare in size to what you have here. supervisor avalos: were you able to explore environmental conditions about barging at all? what risks there may be to the bay? anyway the environmental conditions could be optimized if the barging options were to be utilized? >> it does have risks for contamination in the bay. it would reduce truck traffic and the carbon footprint. it would reduce wear and tear on the roads. other than that, we have not. supervisor avalos: are there any barging catastrophes we know of ...

is not in oakland's is that recology takes care of some of the costs on tons. i do not believe oakland has disposal costs taken care of. it's still flows through the rates. i cannot give a detailed comparison of the two service structures. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. appreciate it. supervisor campos: the one area that stands out as an area that i feel like to have more information on is the area of what actually is paid to or received by san francisco in terms of a fee or benefit as it compares to what other jurisdictions get from these vendors. you talk about oakland receiving ...

we also looked to gat what was g on with rail haul. los angeles is looking to have that put in place by 2013. new york and new jersey barge to rail agreement is in the works and should be in place by 2012 or 2013. those are the main ones. there are others going on. those are the three major ones. >> can you say more about los angeles? what exactly are they doing? >> i can if i pull the report out. it is the los angeles county sanitation district. they are working on building a facility near the point to hills -- puento hills landfill to the mesquite landfill. i do not know more about...

being tried in court. there were going to barge material to washington state. supervisor mirkarimi: commissioner avalos. supervisor avalos: you mentioned honolulu and new york. where do they barge to? i am not sure if it is a myth, but new york used to barge out and dump in the ocean. what are the conditions in honolulu? >> honolulu was going to ship to washington state. that has been tied up in court. it has not happened. new york used to go to the fresh kills landfill. they are now in an agreement with new jersey to barge to a new jersey planned build. i do not have that in my note...