[CPEO-MEF] Hillsborough Defense Depot (NJ) mercury

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Depot to close after mercury moved

John Patten
Hillsborough Beacon (NJ)
February 15, 2007

The shipments will take about 39 days, with five truckloads each day.

When the last truckload of mercury leaves Hillsborough's Defense 
Logistics Agency depot on Route 206 sometime this summer, the depot will 
be nearly empty. A few months later, the DLA expects to close and vacate 
the site.

Depot Manager James Farley says most of the employees will be qualified 
for early retirement, but some may look to relocate to other facilities.

"It's a little upsetting to know you're working yourself out of a job," 
Mr. Farley said Monday after officials reviewed the plans for moving the 
mercury to a site in Hawthorne, Nev., and closing the depot.

The meeting was organized by U.S. Rep. Mike Ferguson, R-6th, to give 
residents more information regarding the planned removal of the more 
than 2,600 metric tons of mercury stored here — and to give residents a 
chance to query federal officials about those plans.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17853932&BRD=1091&PAG=461&dept_id=425742&rfi=6
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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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