It appears Elcon Recycling Services’ plan for a liquid hazardous waste treatment facility in Falls Township won’t be moving forward, at least not as originally proposed.
On Wednesday, February 4, the Department of Environmental Protection announced they had denied the Israeli company’s Phase I siting application.
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“After a complete review of the application and supplemental information from Elcon, and upon consideration of the public comments received, we concluded that the company has not demonstrated conformance with the exclusionary criteria for flood hazard areas,” Southeast Regional Director and Siting Team Leader Cosmo Servidio said. “We therefore denied the application. Should Elcon choose to resubmit its application with additional information, the Phase I process would begin anew.”
Elcon which held an informational meeting and hearing for the public at the Falls Township Municipal Building on December 10, hoped to use a site at the Keystone Industrial Port Complex. The public provided comments at the hearing, and during the public comment period, which was later extended to Jan. 9.
The plans received much backlash from Falls Township, as well as New Jersey residents, as they worried about potential pollution in their neighborhoods.
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According to the DEP, approval of Elcon’s plans were party based on a requested hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, including any historical flood data, to demonstrate that the proposed site has not been inundated by the flood-of-record, as required by regulation. Elcon’s Dec. 22, 2014 response did not provide any such analysis for the flood-of-record.
