Friday, December 14, 2012
After close monitoring, Joseph Gill says air testing and water testing show no risk following Paulsboro's Conrail train derailment.
When it comes to the Nov. 30 Conrail train derailment in Paulsboro, no news is good news for West Deptford. Following continuous testing in West Deptford, Emergency Management Coordinator Joseph Gill said there are no long-term concerns. “With the air monitor and water, we do not see any implications as far as long-term effects at all,” said Gill. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency currently has two fixed air testing monitors stationed in West Deptford. One monitor is stationed at Mantua Grove and Crown Point roads, while the other is stationed at NuStar. Since last week, the monitors have been taking air readings throughout the day and providing a live feed of the readings to the Unified Command. Gill confirmed the monitor at …
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Thursday, December 6, 2012
After "too many ... false deadlines," Rep. Rob Andrews can't provide an exact timeframe for Paulsboro residents to return home following a chemical leak.
Displaced Paulsboro residents must wait longer to return home after the Mantua Creek vinyl chloride leak, said Rep. Rob Andrews, who was briefed on the train derailment. As a group of congressmen visited Gloucester County—without actually touring the train derailment site—two questions loomed large: When can the evacuated residents finally return home and who’s to blame for the derailment that sparked a hazmat emergency? Neither question has a definitive answer. Andrews (D-NJ), Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ) and Rep. Pat Meehan (R-PA) spoke together at a press conference following the briefing. They stayed away the derailment site to avoid delaying remediation efforts. “There is significant, ongoing testing of the air quality throughout …
Friday, November 30, 2012
After assessing the health risk from the leak, authorities are now determining the best way to right three train cars that toppled off a bridge in the derailment.
A derailed freight train that leaked potentially hazardous chemical vapors into the air Friday morning in Paulsboro has been stabilized as authorities determine the best way to upright three train cars that toppled into Mantua Creek. County and state officials said at a news conference Friday afternoon that there did not appear to be any imminent danger from the vinyl chloride that leaked from one of the derailed cars. A spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Protection said the agency will continue to monitor air quality in the area. Gloucester County Freeholder Director Robert M. Damminger said there was no need for mass evacuations from the area, but officials encouraged residents of Paulsboro, East Greenwich and West …
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