[CPEO-BIF] New Jersey Senate OKs school-siting bill

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Senate OKs regulation changes to school sites
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By Martin C. Bricketto
Gloucester County Times (NJ)
December 5, 2006

TRENTON - New regulations intended to prevent a sequel to the Franklin 
Township day care center allowed to open in a former thermometer factory 
were approved by the full state Senate on Monday.

Youngsters at the Kiddie Kollege were exposed to mercury before state 
regulators closed the center in July. An investigation has been launched 
into the matter by the state Attorney General's Office, and lapses by 
both state and local governments have been cited by lawmakers reacting 
to the debacle.

The approval of the bill, sponsored by state senators Fred Madden, D-4 
of Gloucester, and Stephen Sweeney, D-3 of West Deptford, came despite 
protests from environmental groups that it could have been stronger. 
Those advocates wanted the measure's testing requirements for day care 
centers and schools to include residential projects as well.

For the entire article, see
http://www.nj.com/news/gloucester/local/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1165298312159940.xml&coll=8

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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