Comments on: New Toxic Daycare Exposes Loopholes in Corzine Reforms http://www.wolfenotes.com/2009/10/new-toxic-daycare-exposes-loopholes-in-corzine-reforms/ Holding Polluters and Government Accountable Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:28:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: WolfeNotes.com » Despite Pompton Lakes Tragedy, DEP Weakened and Now Christie Considering Nixing “Vapor Intrusion” Requirements http://www.wolfenotes.com/2009/10/new-toxic-daycare-exposes-loopholes-in-corzine-reforms/comment-page-1/#comment-2558 WolfeNotes.com » Despite Pompton Lakes Tragedy, DEP Weakened and Now Christie Considering Nixing “Vapor Intrusion” Requirements Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:43:21 +0000 http://wolfenotes.com/?p=1699#comment-2558 [...] (VI) and it a huge statewide issue at scores of sites (see this on VI facts, this for VI at Middlesex Boro Daycare , this and this for VI at Atlantic Highlands school, and VI at Kings Path in Hopewell and (HVN; [...] [...] (VI) and it a huge statewide issue at scores of sites (see this on VI facts, this for VI at Middlesex Boro Daycare , this and this for VI at Atlantic Highlands school, and VI at Kings Path in Hopewell and (HVN; [...]

]]> By: Sal http://www.wolfenotes.com/2009/10/new-toxic-daycare-exposes-loopholes-in-corzine-reforms/comment-page-1/#comment-2224 Sal Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:49:32 +0000 http://wolfenotes.com/?p=1699#comment-2224 You make very good points, but shouldn't the daycare centers/schools bear the most responsibility in that they should be performing the proper due dilligence to ensure that they are not constructing businesses on old contaminated sites. This has to do with daycare licensing, because a daycare must complete a preliminary assessment of their proposed Site prior to startup of buisness and get NJDEP and DHSS approval. For existing facilities, they must perform an environmental investigation at their first license renewal. The DEP has come a long way since the Kiddie Kollege incident in my opinion. Unfortunatley these costs are out of the daycare center and not polluter. But in most cases you don't know who the polluter is and there are no funds for cleanup, so the cost must be incurred by the daycare/school. The DHSS has also recently promulgated NJAC 8:50, which requries daycares to perform additional indoor enviroonmental health assessments to ensure that the indoor air and daycare/school environment is safe. Can you name another state is doing more than NJ in this regard in making sure that a daycare center is environmentally safe? You make very good points, but shouldn’t the daycare centers/schools bear the most responsibility in that they should be performing the proper due dilligence to ensure that they are not constructing businesses on old contaminated sites. This has to do with daycare licensing, because a daycare must complete a preliminary assessment of their proposed Site prior to startup of buisness and get NJDEP and DHSS approval. For existing facilities, they must perform an environmental investigation at their first license renewal.

The DEP has come a long way since the Kiddie Kollege incident in my opinion. Unfortunatley these costs are out of the daycare center and not polluter. But in most cases you don’t know who the polluter is and there are no funds for cleanup, so the cost must be incurred by the daycare/school. The DHSS has also recently promulgated NJAC 8:50, which requries daycares to perform additional indoor enviroonmental health assessments to ensure that the indoor air and daycare/school environment is safe.

Can you name another state is doing more than NJ in this regard in making sure that a daycare center is environmentally safe?

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