Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice

Oppose New Hazardous Waste Facility Planned for Hartford
 

The company Heritage-Crystal Clean is in the first stages of establishing a hazardous waste transfer faciltty at 94 Murphy Rd in Hartford and CCEJ is getting set to  oppose it.

The Crystal Clean facility, which could become the 9th waste facility located in Hartford, intends to collect waste from within the City and surrounding towns for shipping to Philadelphia. The facility will handle liquid and solid hazardous waste, including solvents used as degreasers, old filters, and drums.

CCEJ is concerned about the health risks to Hartford residents posed by the facility, including possible fires or accidents with trucks transporting waste to and from there. In 1999, a two week fire that leveled the MDC sewage incinerator in the South Meadows area released high quantities of toxic emissions into the region, exacerbating local people’s asthma and other health problems

If the facility is okayed  the City of Hartford would have to train fire department personnel to deal with hazardous waste accepted there, which would demand local tax money to do.

As plans for the Crystal Clean facility proceed, CCEJ hopes to take action to stop it from being realized. CCEJ encourages Hartford residents to write to the City Planning and Zoning Commission and voice concerns about the proposed faciility. For more information please call Joe Wasserman, CCEJ's Hartford Community Organizer at 548-1133.

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