[CPEO-BIF] PEER critiquesNew Jersey rules

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
News Release
October 13, 2010


NEW JERSEY GUTS NEW PRIVATIZED TOXIC CLEAN-UP RULES - "Safety Cushion" 
Extended to Polluters at Expense of Public Health

Trenton - Before new rules governing privately operated clean-up of 
toxic sites could be implemented, New Jersey has already substantially 
relaxed them to provide a "safety cushion" to responsible parties. This 
removes enforceable timetables that were the main promised benefit from 
ceding control of clean-ups to corporate consultants, according to 
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).

On October 4, 2010, the state Department of Environmental Protection 
(DEP) proposed new rules that weaken new mandatory clean-up timeframes 
that were adopted just last December. In addition, DEP wants to soften 
standards for addressing vapor intrusion, a major problem in New Jersey 
on thousands of toxic sites that have merely been capped rather than 
thoroughly cleaned.

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For the entire release, see
http://www.peer.org/news/print_detail.php?row_id=1412

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org



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