From American Bird Conservancy, January 29, 2002 Washington, D.C. - Environmental groups American Bird Conservancy, Defenders of Wildlife and the Biodiversity Legal Foundation today filed a notice of intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the pesticide fenthion. The chemical, used to kill adult mosquitoes in Florida , is highly toxic to birds, putting thousands at risk as they winter or breed there. It has already been responsible for the deaths of numerous species, including a federally listed Piping Plover. The so-called Sixty Day Letter is required before legal action can be taken in any case involving an endangered species, and provides EPA with sixty days to remedy the situation before litigation can begin. The letter also outlines violations of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) in the deaths of Dunlin, Sandpipers, Black Skimmer and other birds that have been found on the beaches areas that have been sprayed with fenthion by helicopter. The MBTA makes killing any migratory bird without a permit a criminal offense, even if the death was unintentional. For over a year, American Bird Conservancy has been requesting that EPA cancel all uses of fenthion due to its extremely toxic effect on birds and other wildlife. More than 40 partners joined ABC in a 2000 letter to EPA requesting the pesticide's withdrawal, and thousands of comments have been generated in the public docket from individuals. Even when used according to label instructions, fenthion is so toxic to birds that it is deadly if inhaled or absorbed through the skin in the tiniest amount. Aquatic organisms, particularly invertebrates such as mussels and shrimp, are also at risk through run-off into streams, lakes and estuaries. Florida is the only state to use the pesticide and other effective and less harmful alternatives are available. There is no good reason for the registration of fenthion to continue, said Gerald Winegrad, Vice President for Policy at American Bird Conservancy. Florida's unique habitat and geographical situation make it home to a vast number of nesting and migrating birds that are being threatened by the repeated spraying of hundreds of thousands of acres, year-round with this hazardous chemical. Less toxic alternatives are used by all other states, and the desire to protect Florida residents from mosquitoes can be balanced with better stewardship of the state's wildlife. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has launched a federal investigation into the Florida bird deaths, which has since been passed on to the Department of Justice, and representatives have met with EPA to outline their concerns over the pesticide. American Bird Conservancy is also launching a public action campaign aimed at residents of Florida and other states concerned about the bird deaths. The website
http://www.banfenthion.org enables individuals to send e-mails to EPA head Christine Todd-Whitman and other decision makers, registering their desire to see the pesticide withdrawn. The website gives detailed background on the chemical and the bird deaths, and is expected to generate thousands of responses. - - - For more information, contact: Gavin Shire Conservation Officer American Bird Conservancy 202 452-1535 x 207
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} Editorial, Bergen Record, January 29, 2002 The City of Newark owns 35,000 acres of environmentally sensitive watershed land in Passaic, Morris, and Sussex counties, including a parcel in West Milford. For years, West Milford fought Newark's attempts to develop that land. Now, in a reversal that could create a dangerous precedent, the township is pursuing an agreement to allow the city to develop a small parcel of that land. Why the abrupt turnabout? Because in this deal West Milford would benefit financially. But in the long term, it's a bad move. Under the plan, five acres of Newark's watershed land in West Milford would be rezoned for development - forbidden now - in exchange for allowing the township to build an access road through those five acres to a proposed golf course, conference center, and hotel complex. As part of the deal, Newark would be allowed to sell for development its portion of the five-acre parcel. This deal is a dangerous precedent for West Milford. Although a state moratorium prohibits development of watershed land, township officials said they would work with Newark to get an exemption from that rule. But that could invite all sorts of attempts by Newark to get more exemptions from the moratorium so that it could sell other sections of its 35,000-acre watershed for development. That land should be protected in order to safeguard the drinking water supplied by the watershed and preserve one of the state's few remaining undeveloped areas. In pushing for the deal, West Milford is undermining its basic position against development of the watershed. For decades it fought Newark's attempts to develop the land and generate some much-needed revenue for the city. Now, West Milford is supporting a rezoning of a parcel of that land so it can go ahead with its golf course project. And gain some much- needed tax revenue for the township. The mayor of West Milford, Robert Moshman, says there is a big distinction because the deal only involves a small parcel of land, compared with the massive projects Newark has proposed for the watershed land in the past. But that's not the point. By building a road on this watershed land, and allowing Newark to build on it as well, West Milford is violating what it has been fighting for for years. The township should rethink this plan before it gets more than it bargained for. * * * Copyright (c) 2002 North Jersey Media Group Inc. # # # Bob Szuszkowski West Milford 2000 POB 315 Newfoundland NJ 07435 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MAY HELP DURING LAKE HOPATCONG STUDY Date: 020129 From:
http://www.dailyrecord.com/ By Rob Jennings, Daily Record, 01/29/02 Roxbury - The federal government may coordinate the most extensive study of Lake Hopatcong's water quality in two decades, officials said Monday. The U.S. Geological Survey, an independent fact- finding agency for the Department of the Interior, is offering its help with monitoring and sampling experiments at New Jersey's largest lake, Lake Hopatcong Commission executive director Donald Feliciano said Monday. Feliciano said he did not know what the project would cost. The USGS has agreed to provide half of the necessary funds, he added. This shows that the federal government wants to help Lake Hopatcong, Feliciano said at Monday night's commission meeting at Hopatcong State Park. Afterward, one resident, Estelle Klein, expressed concern about the eventual price tag. An extensive study, aided by the latest technology, could aid the commission in combating pollution that led to escalating weed growth and other problems in recent years. Feliciano noted that it is not enough merely to remove the outward signs of contamination, such as rapidly growing weeds. We're putting Band-Aids on bleeding without treating the bleeding, Feliciano said. We have to do the weed harvesting, because without that, in a few years, the lake would be a swamp. But we need to prepare an overall pollution prevention plan. * * * Rob Jennings can be reached at
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http://www.nandotimes.com/ By John Heilprin, Associated Press, January 29, 2002 Washington - More than 1.2 trillion gallons of raw sewage reaches waterways each year from aging sewer systems designed to overflow when it rains, the Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday. Two-thirds of the 772 communities that rely on these systems don't comply with minimum federal standards, prompting serious public health and water concerns, the EPA said in a report required by Congress under a 2000 law. Cities with newer systems are designed to treat all sewage. Most of the untreated sewage discharged by the older systems spews into rivers and streams, but some also flows into ditches and canals, oceans and lakes. Those systems are among the earliest such facilities built in the United States, moving sewage and storm water through a single-pipe system to a public treatment plant. They are spread among 32 states, most of them in the Northeast, Midwest and West Coast. They have caused or contributed to beach closures, shellfish bed closures, contamination of drinking water supplies and other environmental and public health problems, the EPA said. As many as 81 percent of the systems lack an approved long-term plan for controlling sewer overflows, the agency said. The cost of bringing all the older systems into compliance was estimated at $45 billion in 1996. The EPA said federal loans for upgrading systems totaled $2 billion from 1989 to 2000, only about 5 percent of what was needed to bring them into compliance. Congress also has appropriated more than $600 million in grants for 32 communities in the past decade. Congress requires a follow-up EPA report by December 2003. Critics said the report shows there has been little progress made since lawmakers first complained about raw sewage floating in rivers more than three decades ago. This report shows that it's time to stop the hand-holding and hand- wringing, and put the resources into implementing and enforcing this program, said Nancy Stoner, director of the clean water project for Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental advocacy group. The EPA cited in its report the NRDC's findings in 2000 that sewage spills and overflows accounted for 2,230 beach closings and advisories that year. The most common ailments from swimming in water containing raw sewage are vomiting and diarrhea. Starting in April 1994, the EPA adopted a policy requiring communities to meet nine minimum standards for reducing combined sewer overflows. Those standards were supposed to be met by Jan. 1, 1997. * * * Copyright (c) 2002 AP Online :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: LEGAL SYSTEM LEAVES BUSH UNACCOUNTABLE Date: 020125 From:
http://enn.com/ LEGAL SYSTEM LEAVES BUSH UNACCOUNTABLE, ENVIRONMENTALISTS CHARGE By Stephen R. Miller, Environmental News Network, January 25, 2002 With President Bush's first year in office complete, many environmentalists are troubled by the administration's use of the legal system, instead of the legislature, to resolve environmental debates. Environmentalists charge that the year's most high profile environmental issues reveal that industry lawsuits, closed-door settlement agreements, and bureaucratic wrangling are among the controversial tactics used by the administration to avoid political accountability while rolling back environmental standards. Industry lawsuits, environmentalists charge, have proven to be a powerful force shaping environmental policy under the Bush administration. Bush is looking for a way to advance his energy plan in a subtle manner without accountability, charged Earthjustice attorney Abigail Dillen, and the courts are a way to do that. Dillen points to a series of lawsuits filed last year that would effectively eliminate the Roadless Rule. The Roadless Rule, issued in the final days of the Clinton presidency, protected nearly 60 million acres of public national forests from commercial logging and road construction. On his first day in office, Bush froze action on this rule, postponing it for further review. Let's bag it. Let's go back to the drawing board, said Idaho Attorney General Al Lance earlier this year, expressing the sentiment of many western states and timber companies. Nine lawsuits were soon filed asking the courts to do just that. Environmentalists accuse the administration of joining the effort to kill the Roadless Rule by failing to put up a strong defense of the rule in court. In April, a federal district court in Idaho upheld a challenge to the Roadless Rule by Boise Cascade, a large timber company that contributed nearly $30,000 to the Republican party in the 2000 elections. The company's lawyers argued that the legislation was rushed through with little time for review. The rule was three years in the making, involving 600 public hearings and 1.6 million public comments. The court agreed with Boise Cascade and ordered the Forest Service to prepare an additional environmental impact statement (EIS) and also issued a temporary injunction blocking implementation of the Roadless Rule. The Bush administration planned to implement the Roadless Rule in full in May, said Heidi Valetkevitch, a spokesperson for the Forest Service, but the administration was prevented from doing so by the judge's temporary injunction. But this, charges Dillen, was exactly the game plan. Industry brings a lawsuit, the feds offer a feeble defense, and when the judge rules for industry, the administration says it was the judge that allowed this to happen, she said. Earthjustice immediately appealed the case to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, where a decision is still pending. Valetkevitch notes that the Justice Department, which represents the Forest Service in lawsuits, intended to proceed with the Idaho case since the judge only ordered a temporary injunction and the case was not finished. The Idaho court, however, decided to postpone hearings until the appeals court has made a ruling. The Justice Department has since asked that all related lawsuits be postponed until after the Idaho case is decided by the appeals court. Until that time, Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth is in charge of all decisions regarding logging and road activities. To date, no requests have come in for approval, said Valetkevitch. Environmentalists also charge that secret settlements are undermining the public's ability to participate in the decision-making process. They point to the prominent settlement between the administration and industry to postpone the ban on snowmobiling in Yellowstone. The EPA smog rating for winter air in West Yellowstone _ where most snowmobiles are rented _ is the same as for downtown Los Angeles. A partial ban was to start this winter, with a complete ban imposed in winter 2004. That was overturned when a snowmobile lobbying group started negotiating with the Bush administration. This spring, the International Snowmobile Manufacturers Association (ISMA) filed a lawsuit challenging the findings of an EIS that was the basis for banning snowmobiles in Yellowstone. The ISMA thought we didn't have enough information from industry, said Martha Karle, a spokesperson for the National Parks Service. From 1997 to 2001, scientists studied the impact of snowmobiles on America's first national park, and they concluded that snowmobiles were irrevocably harming the land. During that time, the ISMA registered no statement with the National Parks, even though the process was open to all industry and individuals for comment. The ISMA was welcome to participate in the decision-making process, but they did not do so, said Karle. Despite its years of silence during the first EIS, the ISMA has since called that work junk science. The ISMA hired powerhouse lawyer William Horn to represent and lobby for them. Horn was Gale Norton's boss at the Interior Department in the Reagan administration. Now, with Gale Norton as Secretary of the Interior in the Bush administration, Horn secured closed-door settlement negotiations for ISMA. The result: The snowmobile ban was postponed indefinitely, and the National Parks Service was told to conduct additional studies before the ban could be reconsidered. ISMA contributed $10,000 to the Republican party in the 2000 elections. The additional EIS, due to be released in February, contains four alternatives, ranging from a complete ban to an option that would allow limited, guided snowmobile access to the park. A decision is due by next winter. Equally disturbing to environmentalists is the apparent willingness of the Bush administration to manipulate bureaucratic divisions to achieve its _object_ives. Earlier this month, a judge in Montana halted the proposed logging of more than 40,000 acres in the Bitterroot National Forest. The administration had tried to exempt the sale from public comment _ which is required by an act of Congress _ arguing that Mark Rey, the Department of Agriculture's undersecretary, had approved the deal. The logic was that since Rey doesn't work for the Forest Service _ technically, he works for the Interior Department, which oversees the Forest Service _ the sale doesn't have to follow the laws that govern that agency. In the ruling that halted the sale, Judge Donald Molloy noted, The government concedes that under this logic the Forest Service could completely circumvent the appeals process simply by having the undersecretary or secretary sign any or all controversial decisions. The notion that a signature by the undersecretary transforms the action from a Forest Service business to the business of some other agency is mystical legal prestidigitation [sleight of hand]. After two weeks of silence, the administration decided to appeal the decision earlier this week. This appeal illustrates that the whole Bitterroot controversy has become a pawn in a larger political agenda by the Bush administration to reduce public involvement in these decisions and weaken our environmental laws, Bob Ekey, northern Rockies representative for the Wilderness Society, told reporters Tuesday. Environmental groups also charge that the Justice Department is abusing the increased security of Sept. 11 provisions to stonewall Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and, in turn, prevent them from playing an active role in environmental decision making. In October, Attorney General John Ashcroft issued a memo that tightened the policy under which the government releases information. Under Attorney General Janet Reno, the policy was to promote disclosure of documents unless it was reasonably foreseeable that disclosure would be harmful. Ashcroft, in the wake of September's tragedies, changed the policy to one that withholds information whenever there is a sound legal basis for doing so. This does not seem like the kind of ruling that could affect environmental policy, but it has. Last June, Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt gave notice of intent to sue for 10,000 rights of way across federal lands in the state, using an obscure 1866 law to claim that tracks and trails throughout the state should be officially designated as roads. Local environmentalists contend that Leavitt is inflating the extent and importance of these roads to disqualify large tracts of federal land from being protected as wilderness. They see it as part of an effort to open wildlands to off-road vehicles and mining. In June Leavitt began negotiations with Gale Norton about which paths would receive a designation as a road. What we want to do is resolve the issues without litigation, Norton said while visiting Utah over the summer. That means they want to resolve it secretly, said Erich Huber, an attorney who represents environmental groups opposed to the road designations. It's a red flag any time the government deals secretly with special interests, the Wilderness Society's Pam Eaton told reporters. And, in this case, the government's negotiations could easily set a precedent that will turn over control of the public lands to off-road vehicles and extractive industry. Since June, Huber has filed a number of FOIA requests for information so that environmental groups could know what is being discussed. All requests were flatly rejected. They refused to give us a single document, Huber said. The notice of intent to sue had 29 maps attached to it, and they wouldn't even give us those. By strictly enforcing the FOIA regulations, They are only allowing the public to participate after the fact, Huber said. He claims this move effectively removes the environmental groups from the negotiations. Any one of these situations would be enough to rally environmental groups, but they are alarmed that for each prominent example of rolling back policies through the legal system, there are a number of smaller incidences that point toward patterns followed by the Bush administration. For instance: - In September, citing discrepancies in the treatment of hatchery- born and wild fish, a federal judge removed Oregon coastal coho salmon from the endangered species list. The National Marine Fisheries Service did not appeal the ruling. The endangered species status of the coho salmon was eventually restored by a defense from nonprofit environmental law firms. - Since winning a reprieve for snowmobiles in Yellowstone, William Horn has also approached Norton to open Big Cypress National Park in Florida to off- road vehicles. - Last week, the Bush administration announced that it would ease regulations governing wetlands and streams to do a better job of protecting aquatic ecosystems while simplifying some administrative burdens for the regulated public, according to John Studt, who oversees regulations for the Army Corps of Engineers. Environmentalists say this is doublespeak for rolling back limits on how much of a stream bed can be disrupted without requiring an additional review. They say the administrative burdens to be eliminated are the additional reviews previously required for large stream bed disruptions. These patterns point toward a decision by the Bush administration to pursue environmental policy through the legal system, which is not politically accountable to the public. Under this administration, said Buck Parker, executive director of Earthjustice, the courts have become the forum of choice for rolling back environmental protections. Before Sept. 11, Bush's record on the environment was a major political weakness, especially for a president who, at the time, was being judged by his domestic policy. Last week, for the first time since Sept. 11, Americans did not name terrorism as their primary policy concern. If this trend continues, domestic issues and the environment could once again become Bush's Achilles' heel. This fall's mid-term elections will be the first test of whether these tactics will continue to receive little notice, or if the public will hold the administration accountable for rollbacks of popular environmental laws pushed through the legal system. * * * Copyright 2002, Environmental News Network All Rights Reserved. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: WORLD WATERFRONTS LECTURE SERIES - NY - FEB 7 Date: 28 Jan 2002 From: Ethan Yankowitz {
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} WORLD WATERFRONTS THE PORT OF NY AND NJ PORT DEVELOPMENT, IT'S A BALANCING ACT! Rick Larrabee, Port Authority of NY & NJ February 7, 2002, 12:30pm Brown bag lunch slide presentation Urban Center 457 Madison Avenue at 51st Street Please join us for the next presentation in our World Waterfronts lecture series about a place close to home: The Port of New York and New Jersey. Of all the agencies in the region, the Port Authority of NY/NJ probably has the greatest say in land use, particularly on the waterfront. Space is limited: RSVP to 212-935-9831 or
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} New York - New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE Please join us for the next HEP Citizens Advisory Committee Meeting. February 11, 2002 10:00 - 1:00 Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders 567 Pavonia Avenue, 3rd Floor Jersey City, NJ - - - On the agenda: * Updates on... - Goals & Targets - Mini-grants - Work Group activities - National Estuaries Day (Saturday, October 5th 2002) * Presentation: Watershed Planning in New Jersey * Working Session: Developing a HEP CAC Strategic Plan Directions: The Hudson County Freeholders Office is one block from the Journal Square PATH Station. Important Note: FOOD and BEVERAGES ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE FREEHOLDERS MEETING ROOM. Please have your coffee and pastry before coming to the meeting. - - - Citizens Advisory Committee Co-chairs Steve Barnes Rahway River Association 19 N. Adelaide Avenue Highland Park NJ 08904 Tel: 732-246-2038 Eugenia Flatow Coalition for the Bight 121 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 501 New York NY 10013 Tel: 212-431-9676 * * * Contact Laura Bartovics at 212-637-3816 or email
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PACE LAW SCHOOL TO HOST LANDMARK ENVIRONMENTAL LAW LECTURE FEATURING THE NATION'S LEADING ENVIRONMENTAL LAW PROFESSORS White Plains, NY - On, February 20, 2002 eight of the nation's leading authorities on Environmental Law will assemble at Pace Law School in White Plains for a landmark Garrison Lecture and roundtable discussion. This lecture, Environmental Law at a Crossroads, will be held in the Robert B. Fleming Moot Court Room at 1:00p.m. with a reception immediately following. Admission to this lecture is free of charge and open to the public. The Lloyd K. Garrison Lecture at Pace Law School celebrates the vision, public spirit and life of the attorney whose legal acumen won the landmark decision to preserve Storm King Mountain on the Hudson River. This victory for the Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference did more than safeguard an area of unique beauty and major historical importance. It inaugurated what today we recognize as the field of Environmental Law. For all his 93 years, Lloyd K. Garrison devoted his brilliance and indefatigable energy to building a humane and caring society, respectful of the rule of law. With characteristic enthusiasm he championed public participation rights for the community's environmental interest, just as he did for civil rights and liberties. The Scenic Hudson victory is a living testament to the ever-hopeful spirit of Lloyd K. Garrison. Where: Pace Law School 78 North Broadway White Plains, NY 10603 When: 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 20, 2002 Format: The event will begin with Zygmunt J. B. Plater, professor of law, Boston College, presenting a lecture en_title_d, Environmental Law in the Political Ecosystem - Coping With The Reality of Politics. Once the lecture is concluded, there will be an environmental law roundtable. Participants include: James Gustave Speth, Dean of Yale University School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Zygmund J.B. Platter, Professor of Law, Boston College Law School Gerald Torres, H.O. Head Centennial Professor in Real Property Law, University of Texas School of Law A. Dan Tarlock, Distinguished Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Program in Environmental and Energy Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, ITT Richard J. Lazarus, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center Oliver A. Houck, Professor of Law Director of Environmental Law Programs Tulane University School of Law William H. Rodgers, Jr., Professor of Law, University of Washington School of Law Joseph L. Sax, James H. House and Hiram H. Hurd Professor of Environmental Regulation University of California (Berkeley) David Sive, esq., Founding Partner, Sive, Paget & Reisel, P.C. * * * Founded in 1976, Pace Law School is located in White Plains, N.Y., 20 miles north of New York City. The School offers the J.D. program for full-time, and part-time day, and evening students. Its post-graduate program includes the LL.M. and S.J.D. degrees in Environmental Law and the LL.M. in Comparative Legal Studies. Pace has one of the nation's top-rated environmental law programs and its Clinical Education Program also is nationally ranked, offering clinics in domestic violence prosecution, securities arbitration, criminal justice, and disability rights. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ENVIRONMENTALIST DEMONSTRATION IN NYC THIS WEEKEND Date: 29 Jan 2002 From: William Beckler {
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} Environmental activists will hold large street protests this weekend in order to shed light on the anti-environmental agenda of the World Economic Forum. The World Economic Forum, a coalition of corporate leaders and political leaders, will hold its yearly meetings in New York City this weekend. The meeting was moved from its usual location in Davos, Switzerland, because Swiss environmental and pro-labor protesters had made the meeting participants feel unwelcome in Davos. The World Economic Forum has taken credit for advancing the anti-environmental trade rules that have been incorporated into the WTO agreements. The problematic rules prevent countries from excluding environmentally-unfriendly products. American environmentalists will be protesting the meetings this weekend in order to highlight the terrible consequences to the environment that the participants' projects have been causing. Two of the larger events scheduled so far are: * Rally for the Planet Friday, February 1, at noon The Gap Store, 54th and 5th Avenue An anti-GAP action sponsored by the Save the Redwoods/Boycott the GAP Campaign. For more information contact
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* Earth & Animal Liberation March Sunday, February 3rd, 4pm (SHARP!) 76th St and 5th Ave (just South of the Metropolitan Museum of Art), New York The Coalition for Earth and Animal Liberation will sponsor a mass action against the WEF and its member corporations for their destruction of the Earth's biomes, and exploitation of animals both human and non-human. Protest march will begin at 76th Street and 5th Ave and will end at the corporate offices of Royal Dutch Shell Oil. For more information, call (631)340-4708 or email
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