Ocean Comes Dumping to a Halt

IN T H E NEWS SPORTS B i r d h o u s e s S i b l i n g t o b e n e f i t rivalry on H a b i t a t SERVING ABERDEEN, HAZLET, HOLMDEL, t h e t r a c k KEYPORT, MATAWAN AND MIDDLETOWN Page 24 P a g e 3 4 SEPTEMBER 4, 1997 _______________ 40 CENTS ____________________________ VOLUM E 27, NUMBER 36 Ocean dumping comes to a halt ronmental, business and labor leaders. Environmentalists “The intent of the agreement was to end celebrate closing of last the destructive practice of ocean dumping, off-shore dump site while still allowing for the port to remain viable,” Pallone said in an Aug. 26 state BY EILEEN KOUTNIK ment following a press conference at the Staff W riter Sandy Hook Visitor’s Center. “Today we celebrate the end of the use of the Mud R esidents, state and local officials Dump Site for disposal of dredge soils. gathered Sunday night at Sandy “But we must keep working on the Hook to celebrate the closing of ... development of environmentally safe al the Mud Dump Site (M DS), an off-shore ternative disposal options that w ill allow disposal site for dredged material from the for dredging to continue without putting New York/New Jersey Harbor since the the marine environment or any community mid-1800s. or environmental resource at risk.” The site, six miles off Sandy Hook, The press conference was held to pro officially closed at midnight Sunday, end vide an update on the plans to close the ing more than a hundred years of dumping site and remediate affected areas on the off the New Jersey and New York shore. ocean’s floor. “It’s an extraordinary victory not only The federal Environmental Protection for our region, but for our nation,” said Agency (EPA) was scheduled to publish Cindy Zipf, executive director of Clean procedures for closing the dump site and Ocean Action, the Sandy Hook-based remediating nine square miles along the environmental coalition that started cam ocean floor last week in the Federal paigning in the early 1980s to close all off Register. shore dump sites. In 1984, the M DS was formally des “It sets a precedent for ocean dump ignated as a “final” ocean disposal site, ing,” Zipf said of Sunday’s closing. The with a maximum capacity of 100 million M DS was the last of seven dump sites off cubic yards of dredged material, according the Jersey Shore to close. to a Dredged Material Management Plan The agreement to close the site was While Carlee Grabowski, 10, Keyport, looks on, Heather Paich, Holmdel, adjusts for the Port of New York and New Jersey reached July 1996, following negotiations the hem on a dress Katelyn Grabowski, 8, will model at the Keyport Historical prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of Society’s Victorian Tea and Fashion Show Sept. 27. For the story, see page 12. between Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. (Jackie Pollack/Greater Media) (D-District 6), the White House, envi Continued on page 15 H u n t is canceled The cancellation is due to a decrease in Organizers cite costs; sales over the last two years because of hope to revive popular bad weather, combined with an increase in expenses, he said. event next year Thompson said it costs more than BY EILEEN KOUTNIK _________ $100,000 to hold the event, including costs to set up tents and install fencing and Staff W riter portable toilets. Despite this year’s cancellation, T he 67th Hunt Race Meet, which is Thompson said, “We are hopeful to con traditionally held the third Saturday tinue the race next year and in future years of October at the 400-acre to come.” Woodland Farm, Cooper Road in The race usually attracts between Middletown, has been canceled. 10,000-12,000 guests, but in recent years The Monmouth County Racing the numbers have decreased, according to Association announced the decision Aug. 27. Thompson. “The association had been contem Since the 1940s, the race meet has been Cindy Zipf, executive director of Clean Ocean Action, speaks at a celebration plating the decision for quite some time,” Sunday on Sandy Hook, marking the closing of the Mud Dump Site. The diagram Todd Thompson, co-president of the asso Continued on page 14 shows other dumps that have closed. (Augusto F. 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