Trash incinerator looking to add liquid waste
A must read if you are concerned about local air, water quality and health. Please write and/or request a public hearing. Private interests will prevail unless we speak up.
http://www.nj.com/warren/index.ssf/2018/04/covanta_looking_for_permanent_ok_to_burn_liquid_wa.html
Anyone looking to comment on the permit application may do so in writing to Anthony Fontana, Chief New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Solid & Hazardous Waste Bureau of Solid Waste Permitting, Mail Code 401-02C, P.O. Box 420, Trenton, NJ, 08625-0420.
A 30-day public comment period on the permit request is open until May 5. A public hearing may be scheduled on the application if requested and "issues of fact relevant to the proposed agency action" are raised, according to the DEP.
karma Yikes! Whenever I get the “oh...your from jersey” from people I’m other parts of the country I tell them that it’s not all turnpike industrial waste sites. Guess that won’t be true forever...
ConsigliereThanks for sharing this is an important issue, everyone should take a few minutes and voice their concerns. The big companies have professionals that sugar coat everything.
2 cents By the sound of DEP comments in the article they appear to be satisfied with the company's performance under the temporary permit to incineration liquid waste at the Oxford facility. Likely, DEP will simply rubber stamp approval of a regular permit for the company to continue the practice irrespective of public input.
BC “Covanta Warren's research project began March 10, 2016, and its been incinerating the liquid waste ever since via a Liquid Direct Injection system, state officials said. The research permit expires Sept. 30, according to the DEP.”
They have been doing the LDI onsite in Oxford since 2016, so it is not new to the site.
Steven 
iJay One of the many reasons why living in beautiful Warren county also comes with the risk of knowing your living with the highest cancer rate of any county in all of north and central jersey. The air in Newark is healthier to breathe. The usual con job, oh the town will generate so much money, how did that work out.
Denis Holy not in my backyard... I am not dismissing the concern or awareness for "health" but have any of you dug into detail before forum flipping? Do you understand the positives and negatives or do you just plan to complain on this forum and yet again fail to actively participate in local government? Join your town boards, got to various town meetings...participate or sit at home to watch the kardashians and other various reality TV.
PWMS 
Bear After a first read I personally don’t see what the concern is. Processing “type 72” waste (that is >90% water in this case) in an incinerator seems extremely responsible to me. From the article, the waste is:
"liquids from industrial processes that may upset the biological treatment processes of a sewage treatment plant, like soapy waters.”
The bigger question concerns the plant’s exhaust-the end result of incineration. Based on what was presented it appears to be monitored and meeting requirements.
Well done NJDEP for this classification, and to Covanta for processing the liquid instead of allowing river disposal as would have been done in the past.
justintime All I see in the posts is sharing of information and logical concern for getting accurate details. As it should be. No reason to accept anything that could be harmful.
maja2 
Frankly, living East of the incinerator, I would rather they burn nothing......
However, JIT is right, Denis is wrong, go figure....
Yes, Denis, Warren has a higher cancer rate than other NJ counties, except in the South. But not that much more.... But does that mean we have air pollution commensurate with the cancer rate trend? Of course not. Denis, we don't have a clue why there's more cancer here than there. I contend its based on the overwhelming number of conservatives in the county --- but hey, I could be wrong, he said Trumpishly.....
Actually, up to January of 2017, our air has been getting cleaner, ty Obama. Less coal, more natural gas is probably the answer along with tighter EPA air regulations which have recently been gutted.
And our air always has been cleaner than those other places Denis says we are not. Try facts, they are our friends. http://www.nj.com/weather/index.ssf/2017/04/these_15_counties_have_the_worst_air_pollution_in.html
Nonetheless, I need to research this more before I join JIT's first read blessing NJDEP's rating. Sounds like he is doing the same. Meanwhile, less is more in the pollution game, so hopefully this results in less ----- somewhere.
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