Its load was 3,186 tons of household rubbish, and it belonged to a private businessman with a scheme. Mafia families controlled waste hauling in New York at the time, so that is where Harrelson went shopping for raw material. A plan with no paperwork at the far endHarrelson set sail before anyone at the destination had signed anything. The barge made for Morehead City in North Carolina, where the methane pilot was supposed to happen. Anchored in Gravesend Bay, it drew flies and gawkers for the rest of the summer while agency after agency climbed aboard to test the cargo.