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11-27-06, 12:09 AM
VX plan has new booster on bay
By DANIEL WALSH Staff Writer, (856) 794-5111
Published: Saturday, November 18, 2006
The U.S. Army's plan for VX nerve agent disposal got a little boost as a Cumberland County municipal government reversed its stance and came out in support of the multimillion-dollar project.
Maurice River Town-ship's three-man Township Committee decided Thursday that not only does the plan to treat the lethal chemical weapon's wastewater at a DuPont plant in Salem County make sense, but it also could get the town a public boardwalk near the Delaware Bay.
“We've looked at this VX project more closely and now believe it is the best way to rid our nation of a dangerous terrorist target,” Mayor Ron Riggins said in a written statement.
[:rolleyes: Give me a break! :rolleyes:]
Riggins said he thinks DuPont and the Army should partner with the township in constructing a boardwalk from an isolated nature observation tower down to Thompsons Beach.
[O', Ho!:v:]
At a Township Committee meeting in March, township officials and local fishermen expressed concerns that dumping VX byproduct into the Delaware just 30 miles upriver of the Bay's oyster beds could hurt the area's fragile oyster industry.
On Thursday, however, Township Committeeman Norm Frankel said the possibility of a boardwalk, along with lobbying from local fishermen and the DuPont-Army team, contributed to the change of heart. A new boardwalk was suggested during discussions with the latter, Frankel said. It would open new access through the marshes for hikers, birdwatchers, fishermen and others, according to Riggins.
“The Army is offering different bonuses for going along with that,” Frankel said.
DuPont spokesman Anthony Farina said he was familiar with the discussions but that no deal was done.
[Oh, sure! I've got a bridge in Brooklyn that's for sale...:jeffd:]
Jeff Lindblad, a spokesman for the Army's Chemical Materials Agency, was clearly surprised when hearing this. He said his agency made no such offer. DuPont and Army representatives have, however, spoken with more than 80 southern New Jersey community groups about the project.
“We don't lobby,” Lindblad said. “We've just been going out and presenting information. That's not what we do. I'm not aware of anything in regards to a boardwalk.”
[Evidently the "buck" doesn't stop with Lindblad...]
The Army's plan calls for chemically neutralizing the liquid nerve agent in Newport, Ind., and trucking its caustic wastewater byproduct to New Jersey for treatment and eventual disposal in the Delaware River.
The Army has been turned down in this effort before, when government officials in Dayton, Ohio, rejected a plan for treatment there.
The Army began destroying the agent last year after being directed to eliminate the nation's chemical stockpiles to comply with a 1997 international treaty.
Critics have questioned whether trace amounts of VX or its toxic byproducts could slip through the treatment process and into the Delaware estuary. Delaware Bay fishermen have been particularly concerned that DuPont's discharges could affect marine life.
The Maurice River change in heart was largely driven by two commercial fishermen, George Kumor, of Heislerville, and Scott Sheppard, of Port Norris. The two were among the most outspoken critics of the plan earlier this year. After reading federal reports by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Environmental Protection Agency, Kumor and Sheppard changed their minds.
[And no "deal" was made --- Hoo, Ha!!!:jeffd:]
To e-mail Daniel Walsh at The Press:
DWalsh@pressofac.com
________________________________________
[Not everyone's that gullible!]
Town's turnaround on VX plan hard to swallow
The Press of Atlantic City
Published: Saturday, November 25, 2006
Regarding the Nov. 18 story, “VX plan has new booster on bay”:
The Maurice River Township Committee now thinks that the VX disposal makes sense. Oh, boy — all this just to get the Army and DuPont to build a boardwalk from an isolated observation tower to Thompsons Beach.
This type of thinking shows what morons are running Maurice River Township. A chemical is a chemical, period. Wise up.
JOE KIDWELL
Vineland
As the result of being offered a new boardwalk by either the Army or DuPont, the Maurice River Township Committee has formulated a national anti-terrorism policy by determining that the dumping of a detoxified lethal chemical-weapons mix in the Delaware River upriver from the area's oyster beds is now essential to the nation's security.
With real life like this, who needs satire on TV?
ALAN E. KLIGERMAN
Chief Executive Officer
AkPharma Inc.
Pleasantville
[Al Klingerman is the biochemist/microbiologist who invented "Lactaid" and "Beano"]
ebsi
After reading the the Nov. 18 story, “VX plan has new booster on bay,” I'm shocked that the three-man Maurice River Township Committee is willing to accept what amounts to a bribe to change their minds about dumping VX in the Delaware River.
Dumping in the river years ago is what killed the fishing and the oysters. The river has been clean after years of no dumping. They are trying to bring back oyster and clams. It could be profitable again and bring money and jobs back in the area. It's bad enough that they have to bring fish in from other states to sell.
I'm 84 years old, and I think of generations to come. What will be left for them?
If the word “bribe” insults the three committeemen, I'm sorry. But if the Army is offering bonuses, that's what it sounds like to me.
ELAINE WALLS
Vineland
[Well, Elaine, you're not exactly "correct": The river is not clean. The junk is still there, acting as a pollutant, but the water stream is cleaner. Dumping VX--hydrolysate in the Delaware estuary will not help the already very fragile ecosystem there... How many "three--eyed fish" do we need before the crooks get the message?]:jeffd:
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By DANIEL WALSH Staff Writer, (856) 794-5111
Published: Saturday, November 18, 2006
The U.S. Army's plan for VX nerve agent disposal got a little boost as a Cumberland County municipal government reversed its stance and came out in support of the multimillion-dollar project.
Maurice River Town-ship's three-man Township Committee decided Thursday that not only does the plan to treat the lethal chemical weapon's wastewater at a DuPont plant in Salem County make sense, but it also could get the town a public boardwalk near the Delaware Bay.
“We've looked at this VX project more closely and now believe it is the best way to rid our nation of a dangerous terrorist target,” Mayor Ron Riggins said in a written statement.
[:rolleyes: Give me a break! :rolleyes:]
Riggins said he thinks DuPont and the Army should partner with the township in constructing a boardwalk from an isolated nature observation tower down to Thompsons Beach.
[O', Ho!:v:]
At a Township Committee meeting in March, township officials and local fishermen expressed concerns that dumping VX byproduct into the Delaware just 30 miles upriver of the Bay's oyster beds could hurt the area's fragile oyster industry.
On Thursday, however, Township Committeeman Norm Frankel said the possibility of a boardwalk, along with lobbying from local fishermen and the DuPont-Army team, contributed to the change of heart. A new boardwalk was suggested during discussions with the latter, Frankel said. It would open new access through the marshes for hikers, birdwatchers, fishermen and others, according to Riggins.
“The Army is offering different bonuses for going along with that,” Frankel said.
DuPont spokesman Anthony Farina said he was familiar with the discussions but that no deal was done.
[Oh, sure! I've got a bridge in Brooklyn that's for sale...:jeffd:]
Jeff Lindblad, a spokesman for the Army's Chemical Materials Agency, was clearly surprised when hearing this. He said his agency made no such offer. DuPont and Army representatives have, however, spoken with more than 80 southern New Jersey community groups about the project.
“We don't lobby,” Lindblad said. “We've just been going out and presenting information. That's not what we do. I'm not aware of anything in regards to a boardwalk.”
[Evidently the "buck" doesn't stop with Lindblad...]
The Army's plan calls for chemically neutralizing the liquid nerve agent in Newport, Ind., and trucking its caustic wastewater byproduct to New Jersey for treatment and eventual disposal in the Delaware River.
The Army has been turned down in this effort before, when government officials in Dayton, Ohio, rejected a plan for treatment there.
The Army began destroying the agent last year after being directed to eliminate the nation's chemical stockpiles to comply with a 1997 international treaty.
Critics have questioned whether trace amounts of VX or its toxic byproducts could slip through the treatment process and into the Delaware estuary. Delaware Bay fishermen have been particularly concerned that DuPont's discharges could affect marine life.
The Maurice River change in heart was largely driven by two commercial fishermen, George Kumor, of Heislerville, and Scott Sheppard, of Port Norris. The two were among the most outspoken critics of the plan earlier this year. After reading federal reports by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Environmental Protection Agency, Kumor and Sheppard changed their minds.
[And no "deal" was made --- Hoo, Ha!!!:jeffd:]
To e-mail Daniel Walsh at The Press:
DWalsh@pressofac.com
________________________________________
[Not everyone's that gullible!]
Town's turnaround on VX plan hard to swallow
The Press of Atlantic City
Published: Saturday, November 25, 2006
Regarding the Nov. 18 story, “VX plan has new booster on bay”:
The Maurice River Township Committee now thinks that the VX disposal makes sense. Oh, boy — all this just to get the Army and DuPont to build a boardwalk from an isolated observation tower to Thompsons Beach.
This type of thinking shows what morons are running Maurice River Township. A chemical is a chemical, period. Wise up.
JOE KIDWELL
Vineland
As the result of being offered a new boardwalk by either the Army or DuPont, the Maurice River Township Committee has formulated a national anti-terrorism policy by determining that the dumping of a detoxified lethal chemical-weapons mix in the Delaware River upriver from the area's oyster beds is now essential to the nation's security.
With real life like this, who needs satire on TV?
ALAN E. KLIGERMAN
Chief Executive Officer
AkPharma Inc.
Pleasantville
[Al Klingerman is the biochemist/microbiologist who invented "Lactaid" and "Beano"]
ebsi
After reading the the Nov. 18 story, “VX plan has new booster on bay,” I'm shocked that the three-man Maurice River Township Committee is willing to accept what amounts to a bribe to change their minds about dumping VX in the Delaware River.
Dumping in the river years ago is what killed the fishing and the oysters. The river has been clean after years of no dumping. They are trying to bring back oyster and clams. It could be profitable again and bring money and jobs back in the area. It's bad enough that they have to bring fish in from other states to sell.
I'm 84 years old, and I think of generations to come. What will be left for them?
If the word “bribe” insults the three committeemen, I'm sorry. But if the Army is offering bonuses, that's what it sounds like to me.
ELAINE WALLS
Vineland
[Well, Elaine, you're not exactly "correct": The river is not clean. The junk is still there, acting as a pollutant, but the water stream is cleaner. Dumping VX--hydrolysate in the Delaware estuary will not help the already very fragile ecosystem there... How many "three--eyed fish" do we need before the crooks get the message?]:jeffd:
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