6 Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 12 February '86

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1 By JACK SMYTH a CAPE MAY - More than g 2,000 letters from Cape a- May area residents, objeca ting to a proposal to burn 1 toxic chemicals 140 miles a off shore, will be delivered | to the governor this week, a a spokeswoman for Cape a May Fishermen's Wives' 1 Association reports a The letters have been col1 lected over the past two a weeks in an attempt to per- | suade Gov. Thomas H. 3 Kean to veto a plan by 3 Chemical Waste Manage3 ment Inc., to incinerate the a wastes in a test burn | sometime this summer. | "Of all the people we ask3 ed to sign the letters, only 3 one person declined 3 because the individual | didn't know enough about S it," said Ida Genovese. 3 Representatives of the | fishing industry, chambers 3 of commerce and private | individuals have been | organizing protests against ^ the at-sea waste disposal

out of concern for both the possible health and economic impact that could result from an chemical spill. OTHER GROUPS OBJECT TO the plan because they say not Plough is known of the effect of residues from the burning on marine life. The plan has been tentatively approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Feb. 15 has been set as a deadline for public comment. Genovese said the experience of fishermen with the protest may be spurring interest in the formation of a new organization. "The Fishermen's Wives' Association met with Edward Cattell. a Haddonfield lawyer, last week, and he told us if we had acted two years ago. we would have had more impact." said Genovese. "In other words, we were not being informed in time, and we feel we need a lob-

byist in Trenton (where the state legislature meets)." she said. Genovese said efforts are being made to organize a new, statewide fishermen's organization to better represent industry goals, and the hiring of a lobbyist would be high on the new group's agenda. 'I think they (fishermen) are beginning to believe that they are going to have something permanent to deal with public issues." said Genovese. Her daughter. Debbie, who has been coordinating most of the campaign to prevent the test burn, said the burning poses both a real and perceived danger. "IF CONSUMERS PERCEIVE that fish may be contaminated it could have as devastating an effect on fishing as could an actual accident." said Debbie Genovese. "If there is a spill, it's been proven that there is nothing you can do about _ it." she said.. She said she has asked EPA representatives "If they are willing to support thousands of families of fishermen in the event fishing is hurt." A development late last week could conceivably delay the proposed test burn. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adi. ministration (NQAA> apl proved a request that I Maryland officials be given I up to six months to determine if the incineration would conflict with the state coastal protection plan. Responding to citizen concern over the past test plan, the county Board of ' Freeholders adopted a I resolution asking Gov, I Kean and the state EPA to j halt the burn until a number of concerns are addressed. Concerns include the adequacy of technology for containment and recovery in the event of a spill or accident; the potential risk to the environment and public I health of overland transport of hazardous materials and their storage in ports; and the need for strict and carefully defined compliance procedures to assure monitoring of tests, i

The resolution said there is a need for "carefully defined testing procedures for the incineration process" and an assessment of the environmental effects. IT ALSO CALLS FOR "assurance that maximum safety precautions" are followed during at-sea transportation of wastes, and that "emission standards applied to at-sea facilities should be no less stringent than those applied to land facilities." Freeholders suggested that either Congress or the EPA adopt regulations or legislation that would encourage waste reduction and recycling at the source. A National Hazardous Waste Reduction. Recycling and Management Plan should be adopted, the freeholders said. The board also proposed that operators and owners of incineration vessels, and manufacturers, users and disposers of chemicals to be burned at sea be held liable for any damages caused by their release, or release of their byprod uc t s , into the environment. The freeholders also informally agreed to contribute. "if necessary." Sio.ooo to the Coastajjtfm^ munities Commilfflfjpgal fund to fight oceaMMfrning. The proposed 1986 county budget does not contain that allocation, but it could be added before final passage Feb. 25.

In Book-It Project VILLAS — The Memorial School children are actively involved in the Pizza Hut Book It independent reading project. This project, according to Principal Peter Holt, rewards students with Personal Pan Pizzas for reading a designated number of library books. Holt said "this Pizza Hut project has done much to whet the appetite for independent reading".

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