Federal officials Thursday cleared the way for a Seattle company to start shipping Honolulu garbage to Central Washington through the Port of Longview. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (has) said the project will not pose any significant risk to the environment.

As soon as the agency and Hawaiian Waste Systems LLC sign a compliance agreement, the shipping of waste can begin, a USDA spokesman said Thursday morning.

From the Daily News, Thursday, May 27, 2010