CRUISE LINE DUMPING ALLEGED CALIFORNIA COASTLINE BEING CONTAMINATED, LAWSUIT CLAIMS.Byline: Staff and Wire Services LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. - A coalition of environmental groups sued Santa Clarita-based Princess Cruises Princess Cruises is an American cruise line, based out of Santa Clarita, California, that operates cruise ships also shares the same building with Cunard Line headquarters. It is one of the many cruise lines operated by the Carnival Corporation. on Wednesday, accusing the company of dumping contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. water along California's coast. Carnival Cruise Lines This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , Holland America and Royal Caribbean International Royal Caribbean International (OSE: RCL NYSE: RCL) is a Norwegian-American cruise ship company based in Miami, Florida. It is a brand of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., with 21 ships in service and one more under construction. All the ships have names ending in "of the Seas. also were named in the Los Angeles Superior Court complaint. No representatives for the cruise companies could be reached for comment. The Surfrider Foundation, the Environmental Law Foundation and San Diego BayKeeper, among others, allege that the cruise lines have endangered the California ecosystem by dumping ballast water containing ``clams, mussels and other non-native sea life.'' California law prohibits the dumping of such ballast water inside the state's 200-mile coastal zone. The companies have violated that rule more than 500 times since last summer, according to the lawsuit. The dumping violations allegedly took place in and near the ports of Long Beach, Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego. The plaintiffs allege that the companies engaged in unfair business practices, and the suit seeks an injunction blocking the ships from near-shore dumping as well as any profits made because of the illegal dumping. |
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