[CPEO-BIF] "Trump rollbacks may stymie Mansfield site cleanup, " Byram, New Jersey

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Environmerentalists, locals decry cuts to EPA budget
Trump rollbacks may stymie Mansfield site cleanup 

By Debra-Ann Kretschmer
Sparta Independent (NJ)
September 16, 2017

BYRAM — Environmentalists and a local official toured the Mansfield Trail Dump Superfund site in Byram on Tuesday and called on Congress and, in particular, Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ11), to stand up against the Trump administration’s proposal to cut funding for the federal Environmental Protection Agency, including a 30 percent cut to the agency’s Superfund program.

“EPA is building a water line to protect drinking water for residents in Byram, but this may not happen under President Trump,” said Jeff Tittel, director of the New Jersey Sierra Club.

The federal agency’s plan is to construct a water line which would allow 18 nearby residents to hookup to a permanent clean drinking water supply. These residences currently use private wells with water treatment systems that were installed during the earlier stages of the EPA site cleanup.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.spartaindependent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20170916/NEWS01/170919967

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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