PENNSYLVANIA
Sewage Sludge
Issues
Please visit the Website of the
Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection
for details on SLUDGE, including:
...Agricultural
Beneficial Use of Sewage Sludge
...Municipal
and Residual Waste
...1996
Waste Import Data
...Letter
from PA Governor Tom Ridge
..........to the Hons.George E.
Pataki,
..........
Governor of the State of New York
..........and Rudolph W. Giuliani,
..........Mayor of New York City
..........concerning alarming
increase
.......... in
municipal waste imports from N.Y.
...For a series
of graphs
showing statistics on sewage sludge, please press here
...Also visit
the general sludge issues
Selection Page
...series of 3 Lebanon, PA sludge
articles
..........published in the Lebanon Daily News, December 14,
1997
...Text of an article
submitted to the Lancaster New Era
..........on December 4 by Dr.Ben Oostdam
..........concerning sludge imports
into Lancaster County
..........(published on
Dec.8, 1997)
...
State may appeal
judge's order
to lift sanctions
..........against Manheim composter.
..........Ad Crable, Lancaster New Era, December 3, 1997
...Why does Barley
..........oppose saving farms from sludge?
..........Lancaster New Era, November 7, 1997
...
Judge suspends limits on Penn composting plant
..........Temporary ruling lifts DEP order that severely reduced sludge
intake
..........P.J. Reilly, Intelligencer Journal, November 12, 1997
Rep. Barley aids A & M in sludge controversy
Helps owner arrange meeting to air 'harassment'
complaints against Pa. officials
..........Ad Crable, Lancaster New Era, October 20, 1997:
...part 1 (incl. photograph of State Rep. John E. Barley)
...part 2
...Will new Pa order kill NYC sludge deal
here?
..........Ad Crable, Lancaster New Era, October 3, 1997
...Q & A re New York Sludge
..........responses by Sally Rowland of New York to some questions
..........asked by Ben Oostdam, October 1997
...Demos
eye tough
sludge controls;
...hit Rep. Barley
..........Tim Buckwalter and Ad Crable
..........Lancaster New Era, October 28, 1997
...Manheim sludge plant told to halve
operations
..........Mandate expected to affect NYC sewage deal
..........(15 years $ 95.6 million contract to compost about
60,000 tons of N.Y. sludge per year...)
..........Ad Crable, Lancaster New Era, September 27, 1997
Excellent article by Susan O. Stranahan in The Philadelphia
Inquirer
of September 9, 1997 entitled:
"A growing protest that Pa is getting dumped on":
... [part 1]
... [part 2]
... [part 3]
... [part 4]
... [part 5 (=photograph of
facility)]
...State will meet with compost plant critics
..........Lancaster New Era, September 4, 1997
...Opponents blast NYC sludge in county
..........Pa. to weigh closing firm next week
a n d
......Sludge (cont.)
..........Ad Crable, Lancaster New Era, August 28, 1997
...W.Va.warns county about sludge firm
a n d
...N.Y sludge, (cont.)
..........(includes map of N.Y.City sludge composting site in
Manheim, Lancaster Cy, PA)
..........Ad Crable/Bill Dussinger,
.......... Lancaster New Era,
August 26, 1997
...EPA engineer: PA becoming 'pay toilet'
..........Lancaster New Era, July 10, 1997
...Local plant to process 14% of all NYC sludge
..........Ad Crable, Lancaster New Era, May 28, 1997
...Sludge forum slated for Friday at Farm & Home Center
..........Lancaster New Era, May 28, 1997
...Letter dated March 28, 1997 from NYC DEP Commissioner Joel A.
Miele
..........to Biosolids Citizens Advisory Committee members
..........announcing hearing on April 9, 1997 re implementation
of Biosolids Management Plan
..........(which includes 15 yr contract with Solid Waste Services,
Manheim, PA)
...Pequea to mail letter stating sludge
concerns
..........Neighbors Southern Lancaster County, March 5, 1997
...Quarryville farmer plans sludge spread
..........Jed Reinert, Neighbor Southern Lancaster County,
..........February 12, 1997
...Philadelphia
Treated Sewage Sludge Disposal at Sea
..........Article by Ben Oostdam about Ocean Disposal of Sewage Waste in
the 1970's
..........mainly for historic and environmentally responsible
viewpoint
..........but particularly note the
CONCLUSION !!
first version: November 1, 1997; separated sludge_general.html:
November 10,
1997;latest version: May 26, 1998; reorganized: January 8, 1999..BLO
file name= https://members.tripod.com/~PA_Sludge/sludge.html
EHEM Home Page
...
State may appeal
judge's order
to lift sanctions
...Why does Barley
...
Judge suspends limits on Penn composting plant
...part 1 (incl. photograph of State Rep. John E. Barley)
...part 2
...Will new Pa order kill NYC sludge deal
here?
...Demos
eye tough
sludge controls;
...hit Rep. Barley
...Manheim sludge plant told to halve
operations
...State will meet with compost plant critics
...Opponents blast NYC sludge in county
......Sludge (cont.)
...W.Va.warns county about sludge firm
...N.Y sludge, (cont.)
...Letter dated March 28, 1997 from NYC DEP Commissioner Joel A.
Miele