News Advisory: Pollutant Minimization Plan Workshop for PCB Dischargers

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News Advisory.

For Immediate Release

July 26, 2005

POLLUTANT MINIMIZATION PLAN WORKSHOP FOR PCB DISCHARGERS

When? Thursday, July 28, 2005, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
(registration at 8 a.m.)

Where? Rutgers EcoComplex, 1200 Florence-Columbus Rd.,
Bordentown, N.J. (directions attached)

The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) on May 18 unanimously adopted a rule to establish pollutant minimization plan (PMP) requirements for point (end-of-pipe) and non-point (runoff) discharges of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the Delaware Estuary. It also set a goal of reducing PCB loadings by 50% in five years.

The July 28th workshop will explain this innovative approach to impacted dischargers. Overview presentations on the PMP requirements and guidance will be made by DRBC staff members. Representatives from Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania will discuss the relationship between the DRBC requirements and state-issued permits. Experiences of two industrial and two municipal entities also will be presented.

The workshop is being cosponsored by the New Jersey Water Environment Association and the DRBC.

For more information, visit the DRBC’s web site at http://www.nj.gov/drbc/PMP_info.htm.

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Contact: Clarke Rupert, 609-883-9500 ext. 260

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Directions to the Rutgers EcoComplex
(Courtesy of http://ecocomplex.rutgers.edu)

From NJ Turnpike:

Take Exit 7 to Rt. 206 S.

Stay on Rt. 206 S. for about 3.5 miles (Past exit for Hedding)

Exit Rt. 206 S. at Columbus-Burlington Exit (Rt. 543)

At stop sign make RIGHT onto Rt. 543 West (travel about 2 miles)

EcoComplex is large green building on LEFT, before the second light

Route 206 S. to first light - follow signs for I-295S.

First RIGHT (at light) onto Old York Road

QUICK RIGHT (at stop sign & sign for I-295) onto Rising Sun Road

Proceed less than 1 mile

LEFT onto I-295 South

EcoComplex is large green building on RIGHT just past the first light.

From Route 206 Northbound:

Route 206 North past Columbus Farmer's Market

Exit for the town of Columbus approx. one mile north of market

At traffic light make LEFT onto Rt. 543 West (also called Main St.)

EcoComplex is large green building on LEFT, before the second light

From PA Turnpike:

Go over PA-NJ Turnpike Bridge

Take the first exit for US Route 130N

RIGHT on the first light onto 656E (Florence-Columbus Rd.)

After approximately 3 miles there is an overpass for I-295

Go through next light

EcoComplex is large green building on RIGHT