Meeting set over DuPont treatment plan
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
From Staff Reports
CARNEYS POINT TWP. -- The first public meeting concerning the proposal to treat a byproduct of the deadly nerve agent VX at DuPont's wastewater treatment plant will be held Wednesday in the Penns Grove High School auditorium in Carneys Point from 6 to 9 p.m.
DuPont scheduled the public information sessions after it completed studies on the safety of the project. The second session is scheduled for Friday at the Delaware Technical & Community College Conference Center in Wilmington, Del., from 6 to 9 p.m.
DuPont says its analysis of comprehensive technical assessments confirm that the nerve agent byproduct can be safely treated at its SET facility. The DuPont analysis also found the nerve agent byproduct can be safely transported to the Chambers Works from the U.S. Army's Newport, Ind., site, the company said recently.
The byproduct would be transported from a U.S. Army facility in Indiana and treated at the Chambers Works' Secure Environmental Treatment Unit here.
DuPont is currently bidding for the contract to process the wastewater. No contracts have been signed between DuPont and the Army on the proposed treatment project.
DuPont's completed study analysis can be reviewed online at www.set.dupont.com, click on SET-U.S. Dept. of Defense Initiatives.
The public comment period will extend an additional 30 days, after the meeting.
Copies of the Draft Revised Final - Finding Of No Significant Impact, Environmental Assessment and Transportation Analysis - on behalf of the Army's studies are available for public view at the Penns Grove-Carneys Point Public Library, located on South Broad Street in Penns Grove, and the Pennsville Public Library, located on South Broadway.
The Army can be contacted at 1-866-300-9034 or visit www.pmcd.apgea.army.mil for more information.