Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 19 February '86 3

State F unds Eyed To Close Landfills

PRINCETON - Solid waste officials from nearly half of New Jersey's 21 counties have agreed to formulate a plan to present to Gov. Kean and the Legislature to provide state financial assistance to local governments for the proper closure of the 380 or more unlined landfills in New Jersey. The meeting here was organized by the Cape May County Municipal Utilities Authority. "Inadquateiy closed solid waste landfills without impervious caps, surface drainage systems,

gas vents and leachate monitoring and management systems continue to threaten our vital groundwater resources and the health and welfare of the citizens of New Jersey long after they stop receiving solid waste," said MUA Chairman William F.X. Band. BAND SAID that although the general public isn't aware of the magnitude of the problem, the environmentally unsound landfills located throughout the state present "a clear and present danger".

According to Ed Londeres, from the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection's Division of Waste Management, the state is aware of the existence of 380 landfills, but estimates there could be as many of 700 sites in all throughout the Garden State. "OF THE 380 that we know something about." Londeres said at the meeting, "300 of these are closed and most of these are owned by local governments." However, for a .landfill' to be closed in an environmentally sound manner, the DEP must approve a closure plan and. according to Londeres, only one plan has been approved so far and only about 60 have been submitted. The proper closure of landfills is an expensive proposition that can run anywhere from $50,000 to $125,000 per acre, according to Londeres. ON A STATEWIDE basis, the costs could be staggering. As the county solid waste officials at the meeting detailed the number of known landfills in their counties and the estimated costs of closures, it became clear that a rough average would be about $1 million per landfill, meaning the tally could reach $400 million or more. Band said he would like to see the state make a onetime appropriation of $25 million from the general fund to the existing landfill closure contingency fund to begin a comprehensive closure program this year. PROCEEDS FROM a

future bond issue can be used to repay this appropriation. he said, and extend this initial commitment to the full precqmmended level. Michael De Bonis, assistant director for planning and engineering in the Division of Waste Management, said that with the 10 million tons or more of kolid waste generated each year in New Jersey, ^this surcharge could easily support a bond issue of $100 million and perhaps considerably more than that CMCMUA Solid Waste Manager Theodore F. O'Neill agreed to summarize all the recommendations generated at the meeting for discussion by the N.J. Solid Waste Advisory Council in March. Richard Dovey. chairman of the NJSWAC. , agreed to discuss the proposed plan with NJDEP Commissioner Richard Dewling.

Cape Students Win High ACC Ranking

MAYS LANDING - Cape May County students at Atlantic Community were singled out for honors for academic achievement in the 1985 fall semester, with 13 being named to the President's List for a perfect grade point average of 4.0. Fifty-one others were named to the Dean's List for attaining an average of 3.0 or higher. On the President's List are: Maureen Addesso and Steven Boettchcr, Cape May; Jill Salvesen. Court House. Daniel F. Sanbrottl. Sandra Snyder, and Jeff Spencer, Ocean City; William Monaghan Jr., Ocean View Alao. Wayne Rowe, Villas, Elenore Armstrong. Mary Curley, Brian O'Neill and Marcia Sow a. W i Id wood , Dolores Gallop. Woodbine

DEAN'S LIST members are: Gloria Bishop. Joseph Da vies and Elizabeth Tyrrell. Avalon; Jennifer Baumann. Sharon Caza. Christopher Cook. Joanne Cwik. Karenlee Keenan-Oreo. Alice Ruediger. Gail Simpson, and William Willi*. Cape May Phillip Amundsen. Christopher Boltersdarf. Diane Brunnetti. Paul Burnley. Jacqueline Cowan. Peter Freese. Margaret Kelly. John Mountes. Donald Richter. Deborah Seitz. Justine Tremblay and Ronnie Weuner Court House Mike Hrobson. Mano DiGuiseppe. John Kelly. Mark Kelly. Susan Larkins, John Ratkowiu. Kathleen Rutledge, Catharine Sapp. Sally Solano, and Michael Walton. Ocean City; Terry Monaghan. Ocean View. Debra Gunther. Rio Grande. Maureen Dougherty. Sea Isle City. Ellen Leonard. South Dennis James Walsh. Villas. Kristin Anderson. Thomas Belasco. Sharen Gregorio. Paul Grossman. Michael Merritt, Robin Morrison. Kathleen Patrizi. Patricia Rambo. Scott Russell. Cheryl Sittineri. Barbara Snyder, Rita Wilson and Shawn Yuhai. Wildwood

Finishes Boot COURT HOUSE - Navy Seaman Recruit Richard H. Startare, son of Richard H. Startare of Delsea Drive E.. has completed recruit training at Recruit Training Command Great Lakes. IL. During Startare's eightweek training cycle, he studied general military subjects designed to prepare him for further academic and on-the-job training in one of the Navy's 85 basic fields. I

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