Subject: Local environmental control (Lundquist)...... (fwd)
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 052129 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org>
To: emfguru <rbeavers@llion.org>
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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 20:54:02 PDT
From: Marjorie Lundquist
To: rbeavers@llion.org
Subject: Fwd: Local environmental control......
Roy, you sent this out almost a year ago. I wonder if this "Right to Act"
law in Paterson, NJ, has been used with any proposed cellular or other
microwave emitting tower. I also wonder if any other community has followed
this example and established a similar "Right to Act" law or ordinance. --
Marjorie Lundquist
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>From: "Roy L. Beavers"
>To: emfguru@hotmail.com
>Subject: Local environmental control......
>Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 03:44:17 -0500 (CDT)
>
>......The following VERY INTERESTING New Jersey legislation was
>forwarded by Peter DePippo (from E=-
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>Nation's First "Right to Act" Law to Prevent Neighborhood Environmental
>Hazards Enacted in New Jersey
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> Paterson, N.J. September 9 -/E-Wire/-- After a toxic release from a
>chemical plant that sent school students to hospitals in this densely
>populated New Jersey county, the Passaic Board of Chosen Freeholders have
>unanimously enacted the nation's first neighborhood "right to act" law to
>prevent environmental hazards.
>
> The law allows neighbors and/or employees to petition the county
>Health Officer for creation of Neighborhood Hazard Prevention Advisory
>Committees (NHPACs) for specific facilities. NHPACs could include
>management and employees, neighbors, and a municipal representative. They
>would meet to discuss potential hazards and would make recommendations to
>management for prevention. The precedent-setting law gives NHPACs
>authority
>to do on-site surveys, accompanied by independent experts.
>
> Deputy Director Freeholder Lois Cuccinello, said "We got tired of
>swat teams descending on toxic crime scenes after exposures, injuries, or
>deaths. That is why we enacted this law - to prevent dangers in the first
>place."
>
> Rick Engler, Director of the New Jersey Work Environment Council, who
>helped draft the ordinance, said "This law sets a national precedent by
>being the first to empower citizens to establish Neighborhood Hazard
>Prevention Committees with authority to survey potentially hazardous
>facilities."
>
> The Freeholders passed the resolution on September 8 after three
>toxic releases in the city of Paterson. A chemical fire and explosion on
>April 8 at Morton International caused nine employees to be hospitalized.
>A
>chemical release on June 12 at Heterene Chemical caused evacuation of a
>school. Fifty-three children were sent to hospitals. A fire on August 9
>at
>Daicolor-Pope caused a chemical release and required medical testing of
>fire
>fighters.
>
> According to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection,
>54
>Passaic County facilities release large quantities of hazardous substances.
>
> Key elements of the law include a process whereby 25 or more
>neighborhood residents and/or facility employees can petition the County
>Health Officer to create a Neighborhood Hazard Prevention Advisory
>Committee
>(NHPAC) for a facility. The NHPAC's will provide recommendations to
>management concerning actual and potential environmental and public health
>hazards. The NHPAC can survey the facility with its own technical experts.
>The law goes into effect on January 1, 1999.
>
> Passaic County is the state's fifth most densely populated county and
>has 484,000 residents. The seven-member freeholder board, composed of four
>Democrats and three Republicans, is the county governing body.
>
> The New Jersey Work Environment Council (WEC) is an alliance of
>labor,
>community, and environment organizations working for good jobs, safe
>workplaces, and a healthy environment. For over a decade, WEC has promoted
>a "right to act" strategy for preventing occupational and environmental
>hazards. In 1991, industry contributions to legislators defeated statewide
>"right to act" legislation.
>
> Contact: Rick Engler, Director, N.J. Work Environment Council, 198
>West
>State Street, Third Floor, Trenton, New Jersey 08608 (609) 695-7100 FAX
>(609) 695-4200; E Mail RickEngler@aol.com.
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