Christie Signs Bucco Bill to Close Hazardous Fenimore Landfill (2013, homes)

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Christie Signs Bucco Bill to Close Hazardous Fenimore Landfill | SenateNJ.com

Legislation sponsored by Senator Anthony Bucco (R-Morris) to close the hazardous Fenimore Landfill was signed into law today by Gov. Chris Christie.


“This is a tremendous day for thousands of Roxbury families and school children who have been suffering far too long and removed from their homes due to this dangerously toxic landfill and its failed operator,” Bucco said. “Although this closure should have been done several weeks ago and was unnecessarily held up due to politically charged emotions, I am proud of this resilient community for enduring and standing up strongly for their rights and health needs. I thank Governor Christie for wasting no time signing this into law.”



Senate Democrats removed Senator Bucco’s original bill S2617 to close the hazardous Fenimore Landfill in Roxbury Township, Morris County, from the Senate Environment committee’s May 20 agenda and then denied it a vote during subsequent Senate hearings. They introduced a version of their own weeks later, S2861, which was passed by the full Senate on June 21. Senator Bucco signed on as a sponsor of S2861 to ensure its immediate passage and remove the politics.


This morning, the state Department of Environmental Protection assumed control of the Fenimore Landfill to cover the site, and the agency will recoup cleanup costs from landfill owner Strategic Environmental Partners.


On June 10, Roxbury officials established an evacuation plan for dozens of families in the landfill danger zone, as hydrogen sulfide toxin levels spiked to sustained levels of 200 parts per billion and peaks of 390 parts per billion or nearly 50 times higher than acceptable levels.

[Marc Paolella]

This is good news. I have 4 listings in Poet's Peak and we have been having a hard time keeping deals together as a result of this.

[NJhighlands87]

Nice to see my home town in the news...