HomeMy Public PortalAboutR 00:108No. 00-108 Date of Adoption lpril 6, 2000
A RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE BROWNING FERRIS/CITY OF NEW
YORK PROPOSED PLAN TO TRANSPORT NEW YORK CITY WASTE
THROUGH THE BOROUGH OF CARTERET AND COUNTY OF
MIDDLESEX USING THE CONRAIL/CSX RAIL LINE
WHEREAS, the City of Linden and Browning Ferris have negotiated a host
benefit agreement to establish a "marine transfer station" at Trembly Point; and
WHEREAS, Browning Ferris is presently negotiating with the City of New York
for a contract to hall up to 10,000 tons per day of New York City's trash through
the proposed marine transfer station at Trembly Point; and
WHEREAS, the proposed waste management plan calls for the transportation of
the New York City waste from the Trembly Point marine transfer station using
Conrail/CSX rail lines; and
WHEREAS, one of the proposed Conrail/CSX rail line routes involves a line
that runs through Carteret before entering Port Reading, Avenel, and Iselin
sections of Woodbridge Township; and
WHEREAS, the route continues on through the Middlesex County municipalities
of Edison Township, Metuchen Borough, South Plainfield Borough, Piscataway
Township and Middlesex Borough before entering parts of Somerset County; and
WHEREAS, the proposed plan calls for the use of train lines of up to seventy-
five (75) rail cars extending 5,000 feet in length; and
WHEREAS, the Borough of Carteret has suffered an intolerable experience with
Conrail/CSX whereby the railroad has with conscious deliberation, harassed the
residents of Carteret, particularly those residing on Jackson Avenue with
intolerable conditions; and
WHEREAS, Conrail/CSX's deliberate harassment involves its practice of idling
its train engines, sometimes as many as four (4) hours at a time, behind the homes
situated on Jackson Avenue in Carteret at all hours of the day and night,
sometimes for as long as several days; and
WHEREAS, Conrail/CSX idles these incredibly loud engines which are less than
fifty (50) feet behind the homes on Jackson Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the vibration, noise and pollution from these engines have resulted
in structural damage to homes, the spread of diesel fumes into the homes,
adversely affecting the health of the residents, including children and has
prevented the residents, including children, from benefiting from a full night's
sleep because the engines idle through the night; and
WHEREAS, Conrail/CSX have consciously disregarded all pleas for help from
the Borough of Carteret and the residents who have suffered from years of
deliberate harassment; and
WHEREAS, Conrail/CSX has repeatedly and deliberately lied, misled and
disregarded its own promise and agreement with the officials of the Borough of
Carteret and the residents about changing its practices and procedures, only to
hide behind the argument of "Federal preemption" to continue its ongoing and
deliberate homfic treatment of Carteret residents.
NO. 00-108
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND
COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF CARTERET, COUNTY OF
MIDDLESEX, STATE OF NEW JERSEY on this 6th day of April, 2000 that
the Administrator of the federal Environmental Protection Agency be asked to
join with the Borough of Carteret in opposing the proposed plan to transport New
York City waste through the Borough of Carteret and Middlesex County.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency be asked to support the Borough of Carteret by using its full
powers and authority to reject any plan that calls for the transportation of New
York City's waste through the Borough of Carteret and Middlesex County.
Adopted this 6th day of April, 2000
and certified as a true copy of the
original on April 7, 2000.
KATHLEEN M. BARNEY,
Municipal Clerk
14.1¢CO1~,1) OF cOUNCIl, VOTIC
AB - Absent NV - Nol Voting XOR - {mllcatcs Vole lo Overrule Vclo S
Adopted at air, ecling of Ihe MUrlicipal Cmmcil
APRIL 6, 2000