Contaminated soil recycling project in New Jersey concerns Staten Island officials
Michael Sedon/Staten Island Advance
STATEN ISLAND -- Staten Island’s elected officials fear the West Shore could see increased contamination if a New Jersey project to construct a recycling plant for contaminated soil is pushed through.
The “Rahway Arch” project would take a 125-acre tract of land along the Rahway River -- which feeds directly into the Arthur Kill -- and place a soil recycling operation for chemically contaminated soil within a 100-year flood plain that was flooded by Hurricane Sandy.
Staten Island officials believe insufficient consideration was given to the borough by the New Jersey agencies regarding permits issued for this project, and they are calling for New York agencies to undertake their own study.
Assembly members Joseph Borelli (R-South Shore), Nicole Malliotakis (R-East Shore/Brooklyn), Michael Cusick (D-Mid-Island) and Matthew Titone (D-North Shore, joined with state Senate members Andrew Lanza (R-Staten Island) and Diane Savino (D-North Shore/Brooklyn), and City Councilmen Vincent Ignizio (R-South Shore), and Steven Matteo (R-Mid-Island/Brooklyn), plus Borough President James Oddo and Rep. Michael Grimm to formally request the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the city's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to investigate the proposal.
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