Contact Information
Department of Health
New York State
Director - John Olm
Project Mgr. - J Nealon
Phone 800-458-1158 x27880
Dept Environmental
Conservation
New York State
Director - Mark Mahon
Site Mgr - Dan Eaton
Phone 800-458-1158 x27880
US E.P.A.
Region 2 - N.Y., N.J.
Director - Jeanne M Fox
Phone 212-637-5000
General Counsel
Scott C Fulton
Phone 202-260-8040
Emergency Management
Director - Edward Sulki
Phone 732-906-6879
Site Manger
David Rosoff
Phone local - 914 687-7113
NY State Assembly
District 99 Assemblyman
Patrick Manning
Phone 914 221-3400
NY State Senator
District 99 Senator
Steven Saland
Phone 914 463-0840
US Congress
Congresswoman
Susan Kelly
Phone 914 897-5200
Dutchess County Health
Commisioner
Michael Caldwell
Director - Lee Felshin
Phone 914 486-3400
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East Fishkill's Love Canal
D.E.C. Qualifications are Questionable!
The East Fishkill Mariner has learned recently, that the only hydrogeologist of
the New Paltz office was forced into retirement by DEC's excusive club of
engineers (and not one of whose engineers was tested for skills in environmental
engineering by the State of New York). Now, these unskilled DEC engineers
must depend on the validity of reports by outside consultants hired by a possible
polluter. And the public must wonder -- does the consultant report to DEC the
whole truth, and if he did, would he lose a client so important to his firm?"
Can the DEC engineers understand a hydrogeological report?
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink!
The E.P.A.s role in East Fishkill has been limited. The New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation has not requested the services of the E.P.A. to
locate the source of the tetrachloroethene (PCE) contamination. This is a major
loss to the project considering that the DEC has not found the source of the 1979
spill near Shenandoah Road. They did get rid of the hydrogeologist who suggested
the IBM's test wells were not deep enough to find the contamination. Based on the track
record of the DEC, we cannot count on them finding, or even looking for the source
of this problem.
No test results from the north end of Shenandoah!
The New York State Department of Health had tested several wells on the Northern
end of Shenandoah Road near the IBM Recreation Center. The results of these tests
have not been released to the Mariner. This area is where the original
contamination was discovered in 1981.
To date 53 homes have contamination above the New York State maximum safe level.
Some forty other wells have been found to contain these cancer causing chemicals
at "acceptable" levels. Looking at the lack of contamination in the Griffin,
Nanuk area, one wonders if the testing methodology used was consistent. As an
example, the New York State Department of Health had stopped testing for five days
after Burbank because they ran out of testing kits. The results from Jackson and
Shenandoah reported high concentrations while around the corner nothing?
Manning Welshes On Deal To Back Residents.!
“We will follow this situation until the source of the contamination is
found” (June 7th - Town meeting).
“Mr. Moran” (DEC Regional Director) “you can accept this as a formal request for
health screening.. My office will provide you with a written request in the
morning” (June 7th - Town meeting).
On the re-imbursement of the filtering systems to the three residents, who
followed the directions of the New State Department of Health Project Manager
Jacquelyn Nealon
”you will get your money back”.
So where are we now that none of this is happening. His office tells us to stop
complaining about the process moving too slowly.
We are cautioned with “and don't try to to find the source yourselves", and by
the way, IBM is Santa Claus to many of us.
Missing in Action
East Fishkill's, on loan from IBM, Town Supervisor Peter Idema Dutchess County Health Commisioner Michael
Caldwell. If we found some bugs in our water instead of cancer causing chemicals
could we expect a visit? Also missed are Bill Steinhaus & Steve Saland. Since
there are over 100,000 homes (200,000 potential voters) with private wells in Dutchess
County, who may be in the same contamination potential we found in Hopeless Jungel, these two may not be missed at all after November 4th!
IBM's PCE to Cement GE's PCB in the Hudson!
Governor Patacki announced a plan to seal the problem of the PCB contamination in the Hudson River. Orig1nally he supported the "Hoffa" solution of making grave vaults from the PCE laced cement; however his staff found out this was already copywrited by Mansville N.J. (home of the itchy asbestoes vault). His new proposal calls for millions of gallons of PCE contaminated water being mixed with millons of tons of PCE laced soil and made into concrete. The mixture will be dumped into the Husdon to coverup the PCB's left by environmentally friendly General Electric Corporation for Governor Hugh Carey and the 50,000 jobs they moved to Asia. This project will save the tax payers of New York millons, claims Pataki, which he as the Governor has earmarked to give to IBM as the Governor's Annual Environmental Award.
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