The article above gracefully explores the controversy surrounding the EPA's plan to clean up a section of the Passaic River. The $1.4 billion plan includes dredging the lower eight miles of the river and then capping the river with a two feet of sand and and stone. To pay for the cleanup the EPA is looking to the more than 100 companies responsible for the waste including but not limited to Daimond Alkali (responsible for the release of agent orange into the river), Honeywell, and Sherwin-Williams.
The plan has become a point of controversy within the community with some believing that the EPA has not gone far; while others are just thankful that something is being done.
Personally, I believe that this should be looked at as a start to the work and should be cautiously applauded. It should be looked at as the first step within a long term project to clean up an important river within the US. I'd like to follow this story and see what happens after this initial step is completed. Washington Post Article
I agree with your idea that this is a good first step to solving a long term problem. After this, the EPA must find a way to keep the river clean in the long run.
ReplyDeleteI agree that this is the beginning to a long term project and that further more permanent work should be done later.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your idea that it is a good start to the problem. It is important to factor in how to maintain the river and where the waste would be moved to.
ReplyDeleteI really appreciate your guarded and balanced comments to this debate. The pollution of the Passaic certainly didn't happen over night, it is a really large scale project that will require decades of attention.
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