Langhorne nixes nerve gas transport

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The Langhorne Borough Council members unanimously approved a resolution opposing transportation of neutralized VX gas by the Army through any part of Bucks County at their June 8 meeting.

The Army's current plan calls for the agent to be transported from Indiana, where it is now housed, to Deepwater, N.J., possibly through Bucks County. Once in Deepwater, the gas will be treated and disposed of in the Delaware River. U.S. Army officials started neutralizing VX, a toxic nerve agent that could be used in chemical warfare.

The transportation plan involves millions of gallons of the neutralized VX to be moved by truck or rail, starting by shipping it to Morrisville, then loading it onto trucks and carrying it onto Route 13 or Route 1 to the turnpike to New Jersey. Its destination would be the DuPont Chambers Works, a waste water treatment plant in Deepwater, located in Salem County.

The Army is treating the gas to remove contaminents before it is released; however, they have no permit for the transportation, which is opposed by acting New Jersey Governor Richard Codey, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bradley Campbell and Maya van Rossum of the Delaware River keeper network.