LOCAL CONTROL
toxics in fertilizer Please check out:
General Sludge Issues
June 14, 2002: copies of correspondence between Helane Shield and Robert Bastian, EPA
Farms using sludge safe for people
study says
Friday, May 17, 2002
By Ad Crable New Era Staff Writer
A L S O : Copy of Letter to Editor by Helane Shields about Ad Crable's headline
Alert re Senate Bill 1413 plus explanation on the stand of Townships
Copy of Senate Bill 1413
Pennsylvania Senate Passes Bill to Eliminate Township Control of Corporate Factory Farms and Land Application of Sewage Sludge> and: State bill stirs debate in Manor Twp.
May, 2002
BLO comments: talking about railroading a bill! Now awaiting a court decision to see if townships protecting citizens from deleterious substances and toxics is "unfair" discrimination, or just fair? ;o]
EPA Inspector General Report on Sludge Rule - April 4, 2002
Sludge more harmful than beneficial
February 25, 2002, Letter to the Editor, Lancaster New Era, by Ben Oostdam
Reconsider safety of spreading sludge It seems prudent to continue checking the safety of this relatively new fertilizing process
February 22, 2001, Editorials, Lancaster New Era
Federal probe raises sewage sludge health concerns
Investigation finds too little research exists to protect humans from the viruses,
bacteria and toxins in the sludge spread on land
February 7, 2002
About time people realize that there are sludge victims !!
NOTE: if this link does not work, please try sludgevictims.net
Bioterrorism by Biosolids: Response
Letter to the Editor, Lancaster New Era, by B.L. Oostdam
(NOTE: not published)
Bioterrorism by Biosolids
Letter to the Editor, Lancaster New Era, by B.L. Oostdam
(re-headed by LNE to : "Monitor incoming sewage sludge with care.")
Letter from National Sludge Association to U.S. Congress, October 15, 2001:
requesting stop to land disposal of sludge and discontinuation of public funding of National Biosolids Partnership
PDEP Chief Hess meets with Pennocks, parents of son thought killed by sludge
E-mail and article, July, 2001
Sludge Corruption in PA ?
Email exchange and Sandy Smith's report re Springettsbury, York sludging suit, July 30, 2001
(also see York County Sludge Madness)
PDEP announces Hearing Date re A &M Composting Permit Renewal
July 18, 2001, starting 07:00 p.m (19:00) at Penn Twnshp Bldg, Manheim
quote from Duff Wilson , Seattle Times, dated July 15, 2001
PDEP Secretary James M. Seif resigns
Lancaster New Era, March 16, 2001
Countians in anti-sludge petition drive
Lancaster New Era, March 15, 2001
includes reference to Sandy Smith, York Cy anti-sludge activist
Please read Helane Shield's Email request and copies of letters
addressed to NAS-NRC concerning bias in the constitution of the new
committee to report on sewage sludge:
Email from Len Martin, July 10, 2001 re "Toxic Chemical Review Process Faulted"
copies of three letters
letter from Cornell University Staff to NAS-NRC
also:
letter from Charlotte Hartman to NAS-NRC
a n d
letter to Hon.Christine Todd-Whitman, Administrator, USEPA
March 1, 2001 protesting designation of EPA liaison to NAS-NRC
which includes case study and examples of health hazards of "biosolids"
Please read and send your comments (within 60 days from Feb 10, 2001)
to
PDEP about this
huge and questionable operation
involving
New York sludge processing
and distribution of "biosolids"
!
NOTE:
On February 9, 2001, I made a search of articles about
J.P.Mascaro & Sons on the
search page of PDEP;
they provided 75 items which are summarized HERE
for your judgment.
Also take a look at the interesting Mascaro Website
Notice re Application of A & M for renewal of license
promulgated in Intelligencer Journal, February 7, 2001
the Manor Landfill controversy :
Links to scanned newspaper articles
and to proponents' websites
January 24, 2001 and subsequent dates
Waste Disposal Issues
Regional-sewage-system study appears near
Lancaster New Era, March 14, 2001
Suburban sewer rates rise 27%
January 24, 2001, Lancaster New Era, by Cindy Stauffer and Ryan Robinson
LASA seeking some new ways to use sludge
January 24, 2001, Lancaster New Era, by Ad Crable
Trash trucks inspection set
October 14, 2000, Lancaster New Era,
Safety of land sludge questioned :
Boy died in 1994 after riding motor cycle
through field treated with sewage
May 15, 2000, Lancaster New Era
Alcosan may fire firm that bribed Gigliotti
about sludge hauling contract with a Newcastle company
April 27, 2000
re Lancaster Sludge Odor
E-mail of April 26, 2000 from Bradley A. Striebig to BLO
USEPA 40 CFR p.685-716, July 1, 1997: Standards for the use or disposal of sewage sludge"
Please visit the Website of the
Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection
for details on SLUDGE, including:
...Agricultural
Beneficial Use of Sewage Sludge
...Biosolids Home Page
...Municipal
and Residual Waste
...1996
Waste Import Data
Guide to Municipal and Residual Waste Permit Applications
PA Dept.Envir.Protection Form N : Composting Facilities
PA Dept.Envir.Protection Form 43: Request for Approval to Dispose of or Process Sewage Sludge
Also see Agricultural Land Application
of Biosolids in Virginia: Risks and Concerns
by G.K.Evanylo, 1999, VA Cooperative Extension
...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 more recent update, see:
...Governor Ridge on Out-of-State Waste
...........March 10, 1999
Also visit the site of:
the Pen Sludge Leadership Team
...For a series
of graphs
showing statistics on sewage sludge, please press here
...Also visit
the general sludge issues
Selection Page
Mysterious Smell Around Lancaster, PA
a series of articles published in the Lancaster New Era, December, 1999
On October 27, 1999, I received a thorough briefing on the A & M operations
In addition to copies I made of documents requested earlier, I also received
several relevant USEPA and PDEP documents, as well as four good summary reports prepared by
Dr. Richard C. Stehouwer of Penn State - who, in response to my E-mail question
wrote that these reports can be downloaded from their
WWW site.
NOTE: The letter below was acknowledged by TIME but not published.
Instead, they
featured comments by Joseph Cocalis
in their October 4, 1999 issue.
Copy of letter to TIME
..........submitted by Ben Oostdam on September 22, 1999
Fight over Sludge Starts to Get Dirty.
..........TIME, Notebook - Environment, issue dated September 27, 1999
DEP Issues Odor Penalties at Berks & Lancaster County Facilities
July 16, 1999
A & M composter fined
..........Lancaster New Era,
..........July 14, 1999
(Lancaster)
Sewer, Waste Authorities, Trade Services
..........Sludge will be landfilled; swap will lower costs.
..........Ad Crable, Lancaster New Era, May 31, 1999:
............... part A
............... part B
J.P. Mascaro & Sons Home Page
"The New York City sludge issue is not that simple."
..........Letter to the Editor, Lancaster New Era,
.......... Ben Oostdam, May 22, 1999
Email to PA Dept.of Envir.Protection,
..........by Ben Oostdam, May 20, 1999
NYC sludge will benefit Lancaster Farms
..........Letter to the Editor of Lancaster New Era, May 19, 1999
..........by Robert E. Adamski, P.E., Deputy Commissioner
..........Director, Bureau of Wastewater Pollution Control, New York City
...New York Sludge Here!
..........Ad Crable, Lancaster New Era, April 9, 1999
..Dear NYC: Keep Your Trash!
..........County sites reject Big Apple waste, Ridge Survey finds
..........Ad Crable, Lancaster New Era, April 3, 1999
..........(included because article also refers to Manheim A&M
.......... but press
here for more about waste disposal from and in New York
...Editorial in Lancaster New Era,
.......... March 23, 1999:
.........."Before N.Y.sludge trucks roll,
...........................we need some answers."
...Sludge, Government Spokespersons, Manheim - our backyard
..........Letter to the Editor of the Lancaster New Era
..........Ben Oostdam, March 19, 1999
..............(as actually printed; comparison with letter as sent (below)
..............shows that copy of my June, 98 warning was mailed to PA Governor
..............Senate and DEP!)
...Sludge, Government Spokespersons, Manheim - our backyard
..........Letter to the Editor of the Lancaster New Era
..........Ben Oostdam, March 19, 1999
..........(actual text sent in Letter to Editor)
Manheim plant ok'd for New York Sludge
..........Smell feared as 1 million tons begin arriving soon
..........Ad Crable, Lancaster New Era, March 18, 1999
part 1 ...........
part 2
...DEP, A & M neighbors smell a problem
..........Sludge Complaints
..........Ad Crable, Lancaster New Era, February 10, 1999
...Sludge testing bill gets House OK
..........But scope limited and Senate vote uncertain
..........Ad Crable, Lancaster New Era, November 17, 1998
...NYC sludge not coming - yet
..........Concerns about Manheim firm cited
..........Ad Crable, Lancaster New Era, June 30, 1998
...series of 3 Lebanon, PA sludge
articles
..........published in the Lebanon Daily News, December 14,
1997
...Commentary
in the Lancaster New Era
..........of December 8, 1997 by Dr.Ben Oostdam
..........concerning sludge imports
into Lancaster County
...
State may appeal judge's order to lift sanctions
..........against Manheim composter.
..........Ad Crable, Lancaster New Era, December 3, 1997
...
Environmental Hearing Board
..........suspends order to cut sludge intake at A & M Composting
..........12/05/97
...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:
... [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
......Sludge (cont.)
..........Ad Crable, Lancaster New Era, August 28, 1997
...W.Va.warns county about sludge firm
...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
Study Sludge Management
May 24, 1996, Lancaster New Era, Editorial
York Countians rebelling against Lancaster Sludge
May 23, 1996, Lancaster New Era, by Ad Crable
York Countians rebelling against Lancaster Sludge continued: Sludge Program
May 23, 1996, Lancaster New Era, by Ad Crable
...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; modified: May 26, 1998; reorganized: January 8, 1999;
latest versions: May 1, 2000; March 17, June 15, July 17, July 30, Oct.18, 2001, Feb.14, 22, 25, May 13,15, 18, June 14, 2002 BLO
file name= https://members.tripod.com/~PA_Sludge/html/sludge.html
to go to Index of Websites by Ben Oostdam
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