[CPEO-BIF] Sayen Gardens, Hamilton, New Jersey

[Lenny Siegel]

DEP blasted for inaction at toxic site
Officials accuse agency of putting Hamilton residents' health at risk


BY DARRYL R. ISHERWOOD
Trenton Times (NJ)
September 2, 2006

HAMILTON -- State and local officials yesterday joined in a chorus of 
criticism for the state's handling of allegations that Sayen Gardens was 
for years a dump for waste from the former Mercer Rubber factory.

In a letter to state Department of Environmental Protection 
Administrator Lisa Jackson, Sen. Peter Inverso and Assemblyman Bill 
Baroni, both Republicans from Hamilton, accused the agency of failing to 
protect the public and demanded that Jackson conduct an internal review 
to determine who is to blame.

"The lack of action by the department is inexcusable," the letter to 
Jackson said. "The DEP appears to have failed to do the job it is 
entrusted to perform and, worse yet, put the health of thousands of 
Hamilton residents at risk."

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http://www.nj.com/news/times/index.ssf?/base/news-1/115716994462360.xml&coll=5

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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 at cpeo.org>
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