Porter
The Town of Porter may seem like a clean town, but to its' residents it is not. Porter is the home to CWM Chemical Services, the only licensed hazardous waste landfill in the Northeast. CWM is located on 600 acres, and houses hazardous waste such as radioactive material and anthrax. CWM takes in 300,000 tons of waste each year. "It makes Love Canal look like nothing, the amount of contamination there," said Tom Freck, a Porter Farmer who lives near the CWM site (Hughes 1). A recent proposal, plans to include more waste to the landfill, and increase its' size by seventy five acres. "General Electric won't say, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency won't say. CWM Chemical Services won't say, either. But the residents in the Town of Porter in Niagara County have absolutely no doubt that when one of the world's largest dredging projects ever undertaken is completed. And tons of PCB contaminated sediments are removed from t
As a resident of the Town of Porter myself, I do not feel either of these proposals should be passed. There are other toxic waste sites in the U.S. that have adequate space for these toxins. Why should the residents of Porter have to give up more land and sacrifice their health even more? I feel a alternative solution would be to disperse of the PCB toxins in numerous locations. This way no one town will be burdened with the whole should only be allowed to take in what they have room for now. This way the residents of the town will be happy they are not losing land to more waste. I feel an equal median can be established, and will result in a contented community and business. waste there." ( Kowalik "Residents"1). Residents made a point to portray the issue as more than just a Porter problem. "If CWM is awarded the contract to take in the 2.65 million cubic yards of Hudson River PCB's, we have the potential for 176,500 truck loads of hazardous
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Approximate Word count = 650
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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