League of Women Voters to Host Meeting About Controversial Elcon Treatment Plant In Palmyra

The League of Women Voters of Burlington County will host a public meeting in opposition to a proposed hazardous waste treatment facility planned for the Keystone Industrial Park, Falls Township, Pa.

The meeting will take place at the Palmyra Community Center, 30 West Broad Street in Palmyra, on Monday, Sept. 19, 7:30 p.m.

The proposed Elcon facility would accept up to 210,000 tons of highly toxic materials annually, according to Barbara Kutscher, of the League of Women Voters. She says many of the materials are among the most dangerous chemicals in the world.

• Jeff Tittel, Director, NJ Sierra Club;
• Fred Stine, Citizen Action Coordinator;
• Delaware Riverkeeper Network Russell Zerbo, Advocacy Coordinator, Clean Air Council; and
• Lisa Tordo and Lise Baxter, Citizen Advocates, Protect our Water and Air.

and the impact on the area’s drinking water, according to levittownnow.com. The proposed facility would be located about a mile away from the Delaware River, and no treated water would be released into the river.

Elcon has said it will meet or exceed all state and federal requirements for contaminated material, and that alarms will prevent the overfill of tanks, according to the report.

The Israeli company has also said it will not treat waste from radioactive activities or fracking. It intends to accept hazardous liquid waste streams by truck from a variety of industries.

Skepticism remains, and the fight against the proposed facility continues during the Sept. 19 meeting.

For more information, leave a voice message with the League of Women Voters of Burlington County at 856-396-5600 or email contact@lwvburlco.org.