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Sewer Topic For Co. MU A: Feds Prevail

SWA INTON - The Cape May County Municipal Utilities Authority voted last Wednesday to accept with revision the federal Environmental Protectiwi Ageftcy’s grant condition proposal for the Cape May Region. “We don’t agree but we are going to accept, "declared MUA chairman John Vinci in a press release." We are going to submit a revised facilities plan subject to refinements by our counsel. "We fought every step of the way and won the battle of scattered infill lots," he continued. "EPA now agrees to allow those lots to be connected to wastewater treatment lines. The only areas where they would not agree were the two tracts, (in eastern Cape May City) owned • primarily by Cape May THE MUA revisions were explained by acting executive director George Marinakis. "We know the data base for the maps which EPA has insisted on using is not entirely accurate,” he asserted, "'njerefore, we are insisting that the language ef the grant condition will require EPA to recognize that more accurate ^ ^ be ‘“‘--I iu. - —

owner or the municipality. "For example, a property owner should be able to submit a licensed surveyor’s report that his property is actually above elevation 10 ft. and therefore be able to connect to the sewer system, and a municipality should be allowed to show that an existing developed portion of its community has been incorrectly included as part of a wildlife habitat or other environmental classification," Marinakis said. "Such examples do exist in the Cape May

Region.”

A MAJOR controversy arose when the EPA interpreted a Presidential Executive Order as prohibiting development in areas below the 10 pt. elevation and made that policy part of its conditions to make a Step 2 grant to the C«pe May County MUA. The multi-million dollar grant is needed to design the new regional sewerage system for the Cape May Region, which encompasses all the land south of the Cape May

Canal.

special legal counsel James Seeley told the MUA commissioners the practicability of the EPA’s position would have been decided by a federal court

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....Mayor on the Spot

W. CAPE MAY - This municipality today is completing its first week without a police department, following the layoff last Wednesday night of the entire six-men force beca« of a budgetary, pinch. It is a unique

problem.

And the indications from Public Safety Commissioner Marvin *101X60 are that there will be many more weeks like this before the situation can even begin to improve. Mr. Morrell has refuted

to respond to calls for police service, contending that it was the decision of the governing body and the citizenry to do away with the local department and go with emergency service from the State Police. Morrell’s reasoning is that he is not a State Policeman and therefore doesn't in-

tend to act like one.

HIS FIRST refusal to serve as a policeman came last Friday morning following a motor vehicle accident on Broadway, one

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Report is In: Bridge is Out

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NEW CASTLE, DEL. — Hie results of a comprehensive study on present and future uses of the lower Delsware River and Bay area were released by the Delaware River and Bay Authority, last week, with authority director William Miller Jr. reporting three conclusions at the April

meeting of the commisaioners:

•Delaware Memorial Bridge and Cape May-Lewea Ferry crossings are attenuate to satisfy crossing requirements for the remainder of this century {obviating the need for a bridge, as advocated by some area business

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•The porta of Wilmington. Philadelphia and Camden - with implemented expansion plans - will be able to

THE FERRY is here to slay — at lent for the remainder e» the ftth Century. Thai's the recommendation of n sMy, funded by thu pnuple wtw operate the hayllner

handle forecasted tonnage through 1990

THE STUDY ALSO IDENTIFIED other marine related development potentials and needs for the three state

water resource, including:

—additional marinas.

-boating and fishing facilities at Cape May or Lewes, —monitoring of Baltimore Canyon possibilities, -monitoring of dredge disposal activities and beach

restoration needs.

—coordination of bi-9tat« planning.

The authority funded the study foliowiiw recommendations of the University of Delaware’s College of Marine Studies, and Rutgers University’* Water Resources Research Institute .The study, entitled "Present Uses, Potential Developments and Crossing Requirements in the Lower Delaware Rivtv and Bay Area," was conducted by the URS Corporation«ld Arthur

D. Little, Inc.

MR. MILLER NOTED the economic development potentials highlighted by the study — such as the port-

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r465-21H a Gas Hotline Back in Service The Cepe May County Board of FreehoMere and the County Chamber of Commerce have announced the •tart of the Gaa Hotline service for the 1M0 season The Jointly sponsored project initiated last year to assure visitors and potential vacationers to the Jersey Cape of the availability and location of gasoline and service stations began its second season May I. The phone number is Ms-mi, the same aa used last year, when over 19,000 cilia were received it has been extensively advertised and promoted While we do not presently expect any problems with gasoline supply, We could not wait until a problem arone to start such a aerviee," explained Freeholder Director Anthony Cataoono "We are 'acting rather than reacting' ai we had to do last year," added Chamber President Matt Tomlin, to a very uncertain situation that can change overnight The Hotline service will be available from 9a.m. to 5 p m. daily Including Saturday and Sunday initially. Hotline personnel will pall all Jersey Cape service stations every morning, keeping a log as to who is open that day, what their hours of operation are, and what kind of fuel they have available This Information is then relayed to motorists calling the "Hotline" for help in locating • service station open with their particular

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