Citing environmental concerns, elected officials in Delanco and Edgewater Park, Penn., are trying to stop a concrete recycling plant from moving to Coopertown Road.
Robert Winzinger Inc. wants to move a concrete recycling operation from a site on Marne Highway in Hainesport to a location in Delanco Industrial Park. The Hainesport-based excavation contracting firm owns about 30 acres near the Edgewater Park border.The Edgewater Park Township Committee has hired William Sullivan of the Scarinci and Hollenbeck law firm to press their case before the state Department of Environmental Protection. Sullivan sent a letter to the DEP dated Jan. 22 saying township officials fear the recycling operation would increase truck traffic, storm-water runoff and air pollution and disturb the long-closed Delanco Township Solid Waste Landfill.
Officials in Delanco and Edgewater Park want the DEP to deny the Winzinger application or delay the process so they have more time to comment.
Edgewater Park Mayor Judy Hall said the recycling plant, if approved, would be close to homes along Perkins Lane. The eastern edge of the Winzinger site is about 450 yards from that road.
The Samuel M. Ridgway Middle School in Edgewater Park is also located along Coopertown-Delanco Road, and many students walk that road to school. Hall worries increased truck traffic would create a hazard. "I have very grave concerns," she said.
The company applied for a temporary recycling permit Nov. 8 to accept up to 400 tons of concrete, brick, cinderblocks and asphalt each day and produce up to 800 pounds of finished material in Delanco. The DEP rejected that application as incomplete, saying the company needed to first find the boundaries of the landfill.
"The problem with this site is that it involves a landfill that's never been properly delineated," said DEP spokes-man Larry Hajna. "The boundaries aren't marked; you don't have full knowledge of what's in it. This is putting the cart before the horse. They need to apply for a disruption permit before applying for a Class B recycling permit."
Hanja said Winzinger Inc. would have to get a disruption permit if any part of the recycling operations would be within the boundaries of the landfill and then apply for a recycling permit.
Company Vice President Audrey Winzinger said her firm is still collecting concrete in Hainesport, but has not done any crushing since a temporary permit to do so expired late last year.
"We have applied for, but not yet received, the permit . . . to move over to a piece of property we own in Delanco," she said. "We would be moving the portable plant."
Winzinger said her company is still performing engineering work at the Delanco site, including surveying and soil testing. She said she hopes to be in operation there this spring.
The company had received three temporary permits to recycle concrete in Hainesport over roughly 18 months. About 40 residents signed a petition complaining about the noise, dust and truck traffic associated with the recycling operation.
Winzinger said the Hainesport site would be closed after the Delanco location is in operation. Burlington (Pennsylvania) County Times
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