Matawan Joint Free Public Library- 165 Main St. Matawan, N.J. 077^7 You ought Matawan board to know H azlet board taps Com erford hires 3 teachers: LEONARD DYER was appointed last week by the Marlboro Township Council as P a g e 3 P a g e 5 I n d e p e n d e n t deputy mayor in charge of economic development. ^ ^ ^ ^ 'fr The Weekly Newspaper Dyer replaced Sidney Leveson, who was appointed deputy mayor and director of finance Leveson replaced David Lerner, a Republican council candidate, who resign­ Vol. 11 No. 29 W ed n esd ay, M a y 20, 1981 20 C en ts ed. Dyer is a former Republican municipal chairman and county committeeman. He is a maintenance manager with New York Telephone, Staten Island. « Bog clean-up will take CABLE TELEVISION LINES may be constructed in Marlboro as early as September, Deputy Mayor Sidney Leveson said . The slate Board of Public Utilities began hearings last week to determine which 11 years, EPA estimates company should get the township’s fran­ By Judith McGee Feenev site, we literally struck oil,” Jargowsky said. perial Oil Co. site near Birch Swamp Brook, chise, Leveson said. The Township Council MARLBORO The wells were installed about a year and a he said. put the decision in the hands of the BPU in It will take almost 11 years to clean the h a lf ago. “ We will probably need monitoring wells at December 1979 during a grand jury Manzo site in Burnt Fly Bog, according to es­ Meanwhile, $325,000 appropriated by the that site,” Jargowsky said. “ We need a lot proceeding which involved Monmouth timates by the federal Environmental Protec­ EP A to study the site has not yet been trans­ more testing there. We would be misleading Cablevision, one of the companies that had tion Agency. ferred to the state, he said. the public if we said we know all that is going applied for the franchise. The calculation is based on the EP A ’s esti­ The EP A has said the study, which must be on th ere .” • mate that the site contains 20 million gallons completed before a clean-up can begin, will In county tests, PCBs, lead, chromium, and A NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL of oil tainted by hazardous chemicals such as take about three months, he said. arsenic were found in oil and sludge at the site GROUP plans to help Marlboro residents lead, arsenic, chromium, and polychlorinated “ I’ve been told that the state and federal and in the brook. lobby for funds to clean the township’s four biphenyls, according to County Health Officer governments are working out the details of “There are no private wells directly near toxic waste dumps. Lester Jargowsky. exactly what is to be done with the federal there,” Jargowsky said, “so we don’t know Ruffin Harris of the Environmental De­ “ There are more chemicals in total volume money,” Jargowsky said. “ I’m sort of disap­ what effect, if any, the site has had on general fense Fund, Washington, D.C., labeled the at the Manzo tract than at Love Canal,” Ja r­ pointed. We were told that the initial work groundwater in the area.” dumps at Burnt Fly Bog as among the gowsky said Monday. would begin in April.” Meanwhile, three private wells near Burnt worst in the nation. Chemical wastes buried at Love Canal, "The longer the study is put off, the longer Fly Bog remain condemned because they Harris met last week with County Health N.Y. seeped through the soil into yards and residents are exposed to a possible danger,” were found to be contaminated by lead. Officer Lester Jargowsky and Barbara basements in 1978 and 1979, forcing the evac­ he added. In a related matter, the State Capital Budg­ Vecchiarelli of W. Francis Avenue, the uation of more than 200 families. State and county health departments have eting and Planning Commission has approved coordinator of a local group, the Con­ “ Once the clean-up project starts, the EPA begun testing the air around the Manzo tract legislation providing for a $100 million bond cerned Citizens to Save Our Environment. has calculated that it will take 10 years and and near toxic waste sites in other townships, issue to clean hazardous and toxic waste dis­ Harris said his organization will show nine months for the groundwater recovery he said, but results have not yet been ana­ posal sites. local residents hoew to lobby for federal process to work,” Jargowsky said. lyzed. Assemblyman John O. Bennett, sponsor of funds and offer technical assistance. The EPA has estimated that it will cost Jargowsky said he still has not received re­ the bill, pledged to seek rapid approval by the The local group has begun a letter- $200,000 per y e a r at today’s d o llars to clean sults of blood tests performed on area resi­ Assembly and Senate. writing campaign to state and federal of­ the groundwater of hazardous chemicals dur­ dents for lead. Bennett said he hopes the bond issue will ficials and is circulating petitions to muni­ ing the next decade, he said. Also, the EPA continues to test samples appear on the ballot in November, so that cipalities that draw water from the Eng- “When we dug monitoring wells at the from another township waste dump—the Im ­ funds can be used in 1982. lishtown Sand aquifer. • THE MATAWAN POLICE CONTRACT for 1981-82 was ratified by the Borough La ke Le ffe rts tests: N o p o llu tio n Council last night, granting a 7 percent salary increase for each year. By Judith McGee Feeney No PCBs were found in the samples. The ble pollutants, from heavy metals to all prior­ The contract includes an increase in MATAWAN concentration of lead ranged from nine to 45 ity organic and non-organic compounds.” health benefits and in clothing allowances. Preliminary tests of water from Lake Lef­ miligrams per kiligram, Hary said. The EPA results will probably be available The council met with representatives of ferts have found no polychlorinated biphenyls in a month, he said. Public Works Dept, employees last night Those levels “ would not be uncommon in and low levels of lead. The findings are cause Also, the State Dept, of Environmental Pro­ in an effort to finalize a three-year con­ sediment that is not routinely kicked up,” for “ guarded optimism," according to Bor­ tection "this week agreed to gather fish tract with that group. Hary said. “The results would be relatively ough Health Officer Robert Hary. samples to collect further data on tissue of The public works contract will also in­ common (in lakes).” aquatic life in Lake Lefferts,” he said. clude wage increases of approximately 7 Hary emphasized that an accurate picture Hary added that sediment would usually "M y tests were of only three sites in a large percent and increased health benefits, un­ of passible pollution in the lake will not be contain a higher concentration of lead than body cf water,” Hary said. “ I would not want ion representatives have said. available until federal and state agencies the water above it, because lead tends to set • complete more comprehensive tests of the to re ly on only m y re su lts.” sediment and fish. tied >rto th>- ground Hat-;. bad conducted ?»** test • for THE FRENEAU SEWER PROJECT Water samples would reveal mare about' precautionary reasons and as leverage” to Show ing the colors moved closer to completion last night “ Until such results (of state and federal any possible health hazard, he said. use when asking the D E P and E P A to conduct when the Matawan Borough Council ac­ tests) are available, there is no reason to PCBs and lead have been found in toxic further studies. Boy Scout Troop 331 of Holmdel built this tower as part of its activities last weekend at the cepted bids for a co ntract to construct sew ­ recommend that recreation use be curtailed waste dumped in the brook at the Im perial Oil But, the two agencies had agreed to study Monmouth Council Scouts Fair at the E . Freehold Park. (More photos on Page 2) er lines and replace water lines on Ziegler in Lake Lefferts,” Hary said. Co. site in Marlboro, more than two miles the water before Hary’s results were avail­ P la ce . But, he cautioned that “ just because my re­ upstream from Lake Lefferts. able. Of the 14 bids received, the lowest for the sults showed no particular problem, it does The federal Environmental Protection “ We never expected these tests to be defini­ entire project was $33,799 from the Glen- not mean that it’s not there.” Agency “ last week began a much more wide­ tive,” Hary said. "If the DEP and EPA did side Equipment Co., Farmingdale. Bids Hary tested two samples from sediment in spread and comprehensive sampling sur­ not become involved, we would have done fol­ 'Summit meeting' called ranged as high as $70,309. the lake and one sample of sediment in Birch vey,” Hary said, “ using more definitive tech­ low-up tests ourselves using these results as a Also, the council named Ralph Dolan, Swamp Brook. niques at varied locations and for more possi­ guide.” Robert Hess, and Salvatore Milazzo to a on sewer plant's odors new Sewer Assessment Commission. The commission will assess the cost of By Judith McGee Feeney Van Wagner said he hoped that everyone at the Freneau project against the properties UNION BEACH the June meeting “ would be able to get on a that benefit from it, according to Council­ Hazlet cops get sergeant's stripes Representatives of the state, the borough, positive path and work together for a con­ man James Walker.