Roxbury Environmental Action Coalition

12/19/2016

2016 RHA Streamwater testing results...a bit better than previous years but the results are still not where they should be. https://www.tapinto.net/towns/roxbury/articles/bugs-get-happier-at-roxbury-stream-near-fenimore

ROXBURY, NJ – The water quality of Ledgewood Brook, something that seemed to be impacted by activity at the nearby Fenimore Landfill site four years ago, is on the...

10/13/2016

And so it continues with no end in sight.....http://www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/2016/10/12/fenimore-attorney-files-motion-end-legal-gridlock/91903118/

Arguments concerning the closure and disposition of Fenimore Landfill, along with the fate of its owners, are in legal gridlock, according to the attorney for the landfill seized three years ago by the state and its owners, who are facing indictments

09/22/2016

FYI!

Richard Bernardi, 62, of Millstone in Monmouth County, appeared Wednesday before Superior Court Judge Catherine Enright in Superior Court,...

09/03/2016

So much for government officials protecting the health and welfare of the residents!! Why is Ford and Ringwood Twp teaming up against the residents? Why isn't this superfund site getting cleaned up properly like the one that is right over the border in NY? Who knows a lawyer that can help? If you do, please message us. Thank you!

08/25/2016

We have the the great fortune of being part of the Christie Environmental Disaster that will take decades to fix! http://www.app.com/story/opinion/columnists/2016/08/25/chris-christie-environmental-record/89337636/

08/24/2016

And just when you thought government couldn't be any worse in this corrupt state...:

RINGWOOD COUNCIL SUES RESIDENTS IN ORDER TO KEEP 166,000 TONS OF TOXIC WASTE IN RINGWOOD AND TO NOT SUPPORT CLEANUP OF CONTAMINATED WATER IN THE PETERS AND CANNON MINES.
http://www.northjersey.com/news/ringwood-council-sues-to-overturn-ordinance-calling-for-superfund-site-cleanup-1.1649221

05/27/2016

The town is painting the picture of Fenimore landfill rainbows and unicorns when obviously it's not. Where's the water testing plan? Where's Zelleys report? Why isn't the twp or NJDEP testing public and private wells for 1.4 dioxane? Why aren't there more monitoring wells? Where are the facts that prove the scrubber can be shut down? Why hasn't the NJDEP responded to any of our questions that were sent out weeks ago? Lots of questions and no answers....

ROXBURY, NJ – A recent tour of the former Fenimore Landfill left members of the Roxbury Township Council impressed by the state’s efforts there and even hopeful that the controversial...

05/12/2016

This article is so misleading it's frightening. How do they know there's no migration to residential wells if they're not testing those wells for 1,4 dioxane? The NJDEP's statement that "There is no exposure to any public or private drinking water well anywhere near the site" is BS since they haven't tested offsite or down gradient for 1.4 dioxane! The comment that 1.4 dioxane is "less acutely toxic than table salt" is so misleading since table salt does not cause cancer where 1.4 dixoane is a known carcinogenic. Let's call a spade a spade and say "Houston, we have a problem" here and let's put in the more monitoring wells, come up with a definitive water testing plan, and let's test both the private wells at the bottom of the mountain as well as the public wells for 1.4 dioxane...just like Mt. Olive did with Combe Fill North!! Now that's realistic!!

ROXBURY TWP. - Township officials and opponents of the former Fenimore landfill are questioning why it took the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) months to report an unsafe level

05/12/2016

Roxbury Township Council Meeting 5-10-16 with a small portion of the beginning and a little part of the end missing...sorry!! https://youtu.be/Rui0TuQk0KY

Discussion of the Fenimore Landfill water testing and the fact the Township dropped the ball in getting the results for over 6 months. Whoops. Sorry. Your he...

05/11/2016

The ATSDR has released it's final report and can be found here....sadly a good proportion of the recommendations are NOT being followed by the NJDEP nor Roxbury Twp. http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HAC/PHA/HCPHA.asp?State=NJ

05/11/2016

Interesting that NJDEP has installed 26 monitoring wells around Combe Fill n Fenimore has 4 and NJDEP had tested private wells around Combe Fill at their cost because on-site monitoring wells found 1.4 dioxane over the legal limit yet no testing of private wells at Fenimore even though on-site monitoring wells found 1.4 dioxane over the legal limit! http://www.newjerseyhills.com/mt_olive_chronicle/news/homeowners-to-get-relief-as-state-to-pay-for-water/article_c8cca4a7-3315-53f7-a9ca-a972fa8446e4.html

MOUNT OLIVE TWP. – The owners of 31 properties including 25 homes, one restaurant and a day care center whose water is contaminated from a nearby Superfund landfill, breathed a

05/10/2016

So the question is not if but when will the toxic chemicals migrate off the site and get into the water supply? There are over 200 private wells at the bottom of the mountain and public wells are about a mile away!!

ROXBURY, NJ – Water beneath the former Fenimore Landfill has levels of the possible carcinogen dioxane that are well above the state’s guidelines for groundwater, according to newly...