****urgent***** WE ONLY HAVE UNTIL 1/9 TO OPPOSE! !! Everyone email and pass along. We do not need anything else like this across from us!! Print DEP News Room Link COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Dept. of Environmental Protection Commonwealth News Bureau Room 308, Main Capitol Building Harrisburg PA., 17120 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12/23/2014 CONTACT: Lynda Rebarchak, DEP Southeast Regional Office 484-250-5820 DEP Extends Public Comment Period for Elcon Recycling Siting Application NORRISTOWN -- The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has extended the public comment period to Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, based on requests received since a Dec. 10 meeting and hearing on the proposed Elcon Recycling Services liquid hazardous waste treatment facility in the Keystone Industrial Port Complex in Falls Township, Bucks County. Comments on the Phase I siting application were previously due Friday, Dec. 26. “DEP conducts a Phase I siting review to determine whether the proposed location complies with Pennsylvania’s exclusionary siting criteria for such operations,” DEP Southeast Regional Director Cosmo Servidio said. “This review happens prior to the company submitting a full operation and design permit application for any other environmental permits that would be needed.” The Phase I siting criteria are in place to prohibit the location of hazardous waste treatment facilities based on the proximity of such things as area water supplies, wetlands and flood hazard areas. Elcon is proposing to construct and operate a commercial hazardous waste treatment facility at 100 Dean Sievers Place, to treat liquid waste from the chemical and pharmaceutical industry. The public may submit written comments by Jan. 9, 2015, to Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Team Leader, DEP Southeast Regional Office, 2 E. Main St., Norristown, PA 19401. Electronic comments may be submitted via email to [email protected], with Elcon noted in the subject line. Copies of the application are available for review by appointment at DEP’s Southeast Regional Office by calling 484-250-5910, and at the Rachel Carson State Office Building in Harrisburg by calling 717-787-6239. To learn more about DEP’s Waste Program, visit dep.state.pa.us, keyword: Waste Management.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 17:55:40 +0000