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Comment on DEP Commissioner Martin Uses State Police To Eject Environmentalist From Polluter’s Advisory Group Meeting by Ed Meakem

Ed Meakem — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:41:53 +0000

Was there a public notice for this meeting?

Comment on Dupont “Background” Mercury Claims Are Spurious by Philip Bonner

Philip Bonner — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:34:42 +0000

A 5 year old child would know better than to test for background, natural/legacy, contamination in areas apart from the known mainpath of the flow of industrial flow of contamination.

Do they, the EPA/Dupont think we are totally gullible?

Comment on Dupont “Background” Mercury Claims Are Spurious by Lisa Riggiola

Lisa Riggiola — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:09:14 +0000

@Bill – would be Mr. Iglesias’s purpose in making such a statement? I still have faith in our EPA that they will step up, designate us a Superfund and take the reins and the power away from the pollter and WHEN? The wait has been long enough already.

Comment on Dupont “Background” Mercury Claims Are Spurious by Ed Meakem

Ed Meakem — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:07:59 +0000

Bill once again thank you for the facts, and yes Lisa and I were Hot on trail of Emails Back when we were on thhe council. You are one of the best friends of the people. The Best to you!

Comment on Dupont “Background” Mercury Claims Are Spurious by Lisa Riggiola

Lisa Riggiola — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:23:28 +0000

@Bill – I have a copy of those documents. Ed OPRA those documents while he was a member of the Citizens For A Clean Pompton Lakes.

Comment on Dupont “Background” Mercury Claims Are Spurious by Lisa Riggiola

Lisa Riggiola — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:22:18 +0000

@Bill – Jame O’Neill did touch base with me on this story too. No quotes though but a very good article.

Comment on DEP Commissioner Martin Uses State Police To Eject Environmentalist From Polluter’s Advisory Group Meeting by WolfeNotes.com » Dupont “Background” Mercury Claims Are Spurious

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:29:31 +0000

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Comment on An American Crime – Bulldozing the Gardens by nick sodano

nick sodano — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:26:30 +0000

@Bill Wolfe Ha. The only Dem on Council championed the redevelopment. Your question reveals a lack of understanding about the Dems in general.

Comment on An American Crime – Bulldozing the Gardens by nick sodano

nick sodano — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:19:06 +0000

Bill,
You’re good at asking questions, but I don’t see any answer(s). Specifically, your question “What is wrong with the peope of Mt. Holly that they would allow their local government to do this?” – is left hanging. Any theories? A major shortcoming with your essay is its failure to mention crime, which was in Relative terms, RAMPANT in the Gardens. Mt. Holly made an abortive attempt to control it with a substation, but truth be told, they gave up on policing it away, and Housing-enforcing it away… they opted for a more final solution – so to speak. They chose to bulldoze it away, along with the innocent families who lived there and were looking for help from their government. Why?? Why did the government do this? Because they dont know anybody from the Gardens. The Gardens was “YOU people” to the Five Councilpeople and their Twp. Manager, the former Chief of Police. And to the rest of Mt. Holly, the Gardens was a place that they did not drive through, a place where they did not know anybody*, and only read about shootings, drugs and violence. Most residents who I speak to have two reactions to the situation in the Gardens… they ask “When will it be done?” first. Then a significant fraction say “I dont like how they did it”. Some, frankly, dont give a @#$$ what happens to the innocent people there… they only care about property values and “bringing more money in”.

*It should be noted, that even people who live there were FOR redevelopment, but their vision of redevelopment was vastly different from the heavy handed thing that Mt. Holly visited on them. Which explains why we are being sued.

Comment on Dupont’s Mercury Problem Is Now EPA’s Problem Too by WolfeNotes.com » Dupont “Background” Mercury Claims Are Spurious

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:04:10 +0000

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Comment on Dupont’s Partial Cleanup Exposed by New Data by Bill Wolfe

Bill Wolfe — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:55:46 +0000

@Lisa Riggiola

Lisa – and please tell residents and media that the 23 ppm standard for mercury is the WRONG standard to use. That standard is for soil and is based on ingestion and direct contact.

People don’t eat sediments and rarely come in direct contact.

The public health and environmental risk from mercury comes from bioaccumulation and fish consumption – that’s why fish and wildlife impacts are the basis of sediment standards.

DEP does not have sediment standards in regulations, but DEP calculated one for the Acid Brook Cleanup – it is 1 ppm far lower than the 23 ppm human health soil standard.

I can not understand how they got this wrong, AFTER all the work on the Acid Brook delta.

Comment on Dupont’s Partial Cleanup Exposed by New Data by Bill Wolfe

Bill Wolfe — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:49:28 +0000

@Lisa Riggiola

Thanks Lisa – you’re right.

I can’t help but think that EPA is playing games.

Surely they knew about this data when we met.

Surely they knew the “Fake CAG” would not be critical in the press. EPA knew it would be easier to present this data to the Fake CAG and that it would be handled there very differently than amongst the people of the real CAG.

And just as surely they knew we would be pissed as hell about it and say “I told you so”.

I don’t think this is what folks meant when we wrote EPA and asked for EPA to take action to build trust.

Comment on An American Crime – Bulldozing the Gardens by Bonnie Opitz

Bonnie Opitz — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:00:52 +0000

I grew up in Rancocas Heights and spent many hours in Mt. Holly, high school, work ect. I am appalled at what is being done to the families at the Gardens. If the local goverment want to update the area, how can they think it is fair to offer someone such a low amount for their homes. The Wrights home sure looked great to me. Here is fair to me….pay for them to have other housing of the families choosing while building the new complex then give them a new home mortage free!!!!! In writing with no LOOP HOLES…..now that just might be fair.. Or maybe let the local officials who back this unfair action live at the Gardens as it is slowly being demolished. Bet they might just see a glimps of reality….one would hope. I wish the families of the Gardens all the best….and will pass this along to others.. the more coverage in the Media the better.

Comment on Dupont’s Partial Cleanup Exposed by New Data by Lisa Riggiola

Lisa Riggiola — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:09:22 +0000

@Bill – Thank you for all you do to help us!!! As for the Record article today, the residents are well aware of the work they have done on their own and it was the residents that pushed for re-testing on the Acid Brook not the FAKE CAG. To think that the EPA would release this information at a FAKE CAG meeting knowing the problems and serious issues with the CAG (after meeting with us about two weeks ago) only makes me wonder what they are thinking???? As for the re-contamination of the Acid Brook, no surprise here and let’s see decades of the site itself not being cleaned up – not rocket science to say the least as they say.

Comment on DEP Discovers Discrimination – Dumps Environmental Justice Issue in Christie’s Lap by WolfeNotes.com » Of Zambonis and Groundhogs

WolfeNotes.com » Of Zambonis and Groundhogs — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:37:06 +0000

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