334241 Program Has Become Cancer Rate in the Nation and That Muc Mired in Bureaucracy
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THE STAR-LEDGER/ Friday, October 25, IMS ^Shapiro fours anothervcleaned up' toxic site ByDANWEBSMAN Democratic gubernatorial candi- e Peter Shapiro yesterday continued assault on Gov. Thomas Kean's ic waste cleanup record by pointing agoons filled with toxins and barrels- ed with hazardous materials on a that has been listed as. having been inedup. Shapiro called the abandoned Syn- Restns plant on the shores of the isaic River in South Kearny "a mind aer of a site." Shapiro said the abandoned plant me of three "supposedly deaned-up s in Ton Kean's recent commercial ng his own record. But look around; re are barrels marked 'hazardous ite.' There's an abandoned lab filled m floor to ceiling with containers of micalsi The lagoons are filled with clievable gook. And there is a leak- tanker." Shapiro said he was appalled that site, where "your eyes literally r" is not locked. fere are no guardrails. They RtwtetyRoMMF Ma _ven secured the place, which is Democratic gubernatorial candidate Peter Shapiro holds a news conference on hazardous waste cleanup astounding thing," he said. Syncon Resins in Kearny The Democratic candidate visited old plant site to challenge the kind. There are chemicals oozing," the And the feasibility study for the or I won't seek re-election." ms made by Kean. He said the facts Democratic candidate said. final cleanup—"one of the largest drum Shapiro also pushed his tox "the Department of Environmental In answer to Shapiro, the Gover removals in the country"—began in waste assault in appearances at tt itection (DEP) has removed 12,500 nor's Office said the state had removed April, the Governor's Office said. Hispanic Democratic Caucus of Mere rels of toxins from the site in a 12,824 drums of volatile and flammable "The administration position was County at the Romeo and Juliet Cafe face cleanup costing $2.5 million." substances which "were an immediate that Shapiro was distorting the record. Trenton. In his cross-state campaig: He added, "But we are still stand- danger to the public." A DEP spokesman said the other day ing, Shapiro also addressed the Plair. in a graveyard of toxic drums. You The Governor's Office said the re that Shapiro had misrepresented the field Democratic Organization dinne their rusted remains. The contents moved toxins were sent to federally li administration's record of accomplish in Plainfield and the Essex Count; these drums have already leaked censed disposal fatalities in Virginia, ment at a warehouse in Somerville, Democratic Organization dinner at th< > the lagoons and seeped into the Maryland, Ohio. Michigan and New where toxins removed from the Signo Town and Campus Restaurant in Wes undwater. contaminating both. Jersey and work began in April to clean Trading Co. in Newark were being Orange, where an estimated 1.200 wer» expected. "These are toxins of the worst the groundwater and soil. stored and were being readied for dis posal. The Essex County executive sav But Shapiro, in a press conference "I think it is outrageous that the Govei on the site under the Pulaski Skyway, nor should make these claims-outn said, "We all know the real horror story geous and dangerous. It gives people i lies beneath the surface. But there are New Jersey a false sense of security." no warning signs, no guard and the site. He asserted, "The truth is Nc is easily accessible. I just wish we could Jersey has more toxic sites than an have Tom Kean here to give us his other state in the nation and the ove justification for using Syncon... as a whelming majority of our populatio successfully completed cleanup." lives near one or more of them. One < He charged. "The record is being every six of our water supply system distorted, and it is the Governor who is is polluted. This is a danger that affect Hning jha disWfting." us all." Dertncratic candidate said a Shapiro continued-(Vparnt a get feasibility study should take six months icture of the impaet of toxic wast to a year at most, but instead of action, umps, saying the state had the highes the Governor's S 334241 program has become cancer rate in the nation and that muc mired in bureaucracy. of its water supply was polluted b; He said the Kean administration toxtewastea.. • - 0* has not cleaned up one of the 97 wont sites in the state. And to accentuate his He said Kean has done a L position, Shapiro said, "IfJ am elected, deal to instill renewed pride in I governor, I promise you, you wiH be Jersey. But he added that pride was un SYN 003 0011 able to look atjny record after four damned by a recent magazine artict* years, .A... A mU. .1 rnUmm U UMMMM .