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FREE GRATIS V »l 91 3 Fall 1338 Inside This Issue: Residents Will Get To Vote On Incinerator Bailout................ . P.3 Residentes Vao Ter Que Votar Para Eliminar Incineradores . P.9 Plan de Fianza Para Los Incineradores: el Pueblo Votara.................... P.13 No Dioxin Incinerator In Ironbound . P.5 J6 NSo Hi Incinerador de Dioxin ... P.ll No Incinerador de Dioxin ................ P.15 SPARK Challenges Unplanned Development.......................... . P.7 SPARK Desafia Desenvolvimento Urbano NSo Planejado.......... . P10 SPARK Reta A El Desarollo NoPlaneado .......................... P.14 Ironbound’s Champion Team ........ . P 2 English p. 1 - 7, Portugues p. 8 - 11, Espanol p.12 - 15 ICC Health Fair Champion Team The Ironbound Strikers soccer team won the American Athletic Union's national championshipfor soccer for boys under 14 during the 32nd annual Junior Olympic Games m Virginia Beach, Virginia. The champions include: John Abrantes, Nuno Afonso, both captains: Pedro Prior, Eduardo Gomes, Daniel DaSilva, Emmanuel Simoes, David Gaetano, Helder Moroso, Pietro Jeremias, Anthony Campos, Bruce Neves, Pedro Gomes, Leonel Faviao, Tiago Sousa, Anthony Gomes, Phil Santos, Luis Merengue and Pedro Marques. Albert Gout mho is president of the Strikers, and Father Peter Uhde is the coach. Shown below: the champions received prizes from Councilman A ugusto Amador during the First Annual The street was closed, but it wasn 'tfor a block party, East Ward Fall Festival at Independence Park. or a construction project. It was the Ironbound Community Corporation’s Health Fair held, outside 95 Fleming Ave. during August.. Area residents were able to take advantage of a number of free health screenings and services. Shown above are children from the community and Mr. Bailey from the UMDNJ Young Father’s Program learning how to make something like silly putty through the NJIT Elementary> Science Outreach Program. Thanks also go to: Encore plus, the YWCA of Montclair and North Essex, the City of Newark, American Preferred, WIC and the Newark Health Department, the East Orange Mobile Healthcare Unit, lCC”s Healthy Mothers/Healthy Babies Program, and all the volunteers and staff. Do you know anyone who can’t Need Help With Homework? see to read anymore? Try Club Success. Tell them about the Library for the Club Success gives focused and aggressive Blind & Handicapped. assistance with homework to Newark students - in grades one through eight. Licensed teachers provide homework assistance. The program runs Monday The Library can supply books on tape in many through Thursday. There are no fees, or academic languages And ..it’s free. Call 1-800-582-5945 and requirements to join Club Success. For more ask for Language Line, and an interpreter will help information call the Van Buren St. Library, 733-3897, you register for library' services. or the branch library in your area. P. 2 Fall 1998 Ironbound Voices — — Residents Will Get To Vote On Plan To Bail Out Incinerators A referendum which would allow over $100 measure it, the public's going to want to know about million in taxes to be spent to forgive debts for it." garbage incinerators in 5 counties will be Question "The DEP is allowing an industry to Number 3 on the ballot in November. essentially create carcinogens, and put them into our "It is unbelievable that Ironbound residents, atmosphere," said David Pringle, director of the New who fought so hard against having this incinerator Jersey Environmental Federation. The incinerator located here in the first place, will now be asked to in Newark tests for dioxin once a year, and for heavy pay to rescue this incinerator through our state taxes," metals every five years. said Joe Nardone, from the Ironbound Committee Residents of Warren County held a 10 day Against Toxic Waste (ICATW). “We’re urging hunger strike in July 1998, calling for their people to vote no on this.” incinerator to be shut down. "Warren County can get A Judge recently declared Essex County's rid of its trash through the three R’s plus C * reduce, contract with American Ref-Fuel, the owner of the reuse, recycle and compost," said Anna Maria incinerator, to be "void", saving County taxpayers Caldera. "There are alternatives to burning garbage." millions of dollars. "We've been paying unfairly for Reclaim New Jersey will be holding events this incinerator for 10 years through our county' taxes. around the state. For more information contact Now the state wants to make us keep doing it. We are Ironbound Committee Against Toxic Waste at the ones getting the pollution from this incinerator. 589-3353. We don't want to rescue it. We want to close it," said June Kruszewski from ICATW. Incinerators around the state of New Jersey Who Got Incinerators, and Why? are losing money, and together are in about $1.6 billion of debt. Citizens from around the state are “The poverty levels (at sites where garbage working to stop the incinerator bail out, through a burners were built) were twice as high as the 16 sites group called Reclaim New Jersey. were incinerators were not built,” said Dana Natale, In addition to the cost of the incinerators, the who recently did a study of the location of the 5 groups are criticizing the negative health effects on incinerators that were built in New Jersey. 21 New Jersey residents. The Department of incinerators were originally planned during the Environmental Protection (DEP) is testing what 1980’s, but only five were built: Camden, Essex, comes out of the incinerators stacks, but there is a big Gloucester, Union and Warren Counties. loophole. They do not test regularly or often for heavy Ms. Natale, who hold’s a master’s degree at metals and dioxin, some of the strongest pollutants. Montclair University, said the incinerators were "They could sample the stack (for dioxin and located in communities where residents were heavy metals) every two minutes or every five “economically weak and politically powerless” to minutes, if they wanted to spend the money, says stop them,” and that these communities have faced Princeton scientist Peter Montague. "No one has the “discriminatory exposure” to the environmental interest in telling the public they’re being poisoned. effects of incinerators. Unless the government requires it, no one's going to Ms. Natale charged that the incinerators are take it upon themselves, because as soon as you unfairly located in poorly educated, low-income communities. Ironbound Voices Fall 1998 P.3 — — Good Incinerator News City Council Passes Resolution Against Bringing Garbage By Boat On September 2, 1998, the Newark City Council passed a resolution against a proposal to bring 4000 tons of garbage daily from New York City by boat to Ironbound. The City Council ordinance, introduced by Councilman Augusto Amador, and passed by unanimous vote, states that the proposal would have a "negative environmental effect upon the Passaic River and the Ironbound neighborhood where the incinerator is located." Eastern Environmental Inc’s proposal calls for construction of a dock behind the Essex County On Sept. II, 1998, Judge Albert Weiss agreed incinerator where the New York city garbage would and ruled that the contract should be declared "void", be brought. Some of the garbage would be burned in that is, no longer in effect. the incinerator. Some would be taken by truck to Last year, Essex County went to court to break landfills. The proposal even calls for a new the contract. New Jersey had ordered every county to incinerator to be built in the vicinity of Frelinghuysen send trash to its own incinerator. But the federal Ave. Taking this additional garbage to landfills and courts found this to be unconstitutional Essex other incinerators would increase the amount of County's lawyer argued that this meant that Essex trucks transporting garbage. County taxpayers should not be bound by the contract Ironbound residents marched up Ferry St. on with American Ref-Fuel. Judge Weiss agreed. June 17,1998 to protest the plan. James Treffinger, County Executive said the contract contained "one of the worst clauses in the Judge Gets County Taxpayers OjJThe Hook history of human kind." He was talking about the "put or pay clause", again something that ICATW had Over ten years ago, in the August 1987 issue called attention to and protested against. This clause of Ironbound Voices, Arnold Cohen, from the required county taxpayers to pay for 650,000 tons of Ironbound Committee Against Toxic Waste garbage each year, whether or not they created that (ICATW), talked about the contract Essex County much garbage. was signing with the Port Authority, and American Getting out of the contract will mean County Ref-Fuel, the owners of the proposed garbage taxpayers will save $5 to 6 million a year. incinerator in Newark. Fie said, "It's a sweeheart deal, “Now, we hope that instead of bringing more and Essex County taxpayers will be paying for it for garbage here, Essex County will realize that the next 30 years." incineration is not the way to get rid of our garbage, ICATW requested that the New Jersey Public and shut this incinerator,” said Mr. Cohen. Advocate do a report on the contract The Public For information, contact Evin Aksay from the Advocate's office report found that the contract was Ironbound Committee Against Toxic Waste, at 589- "not in the public interest and unacceptable." 3353. P. 4 Fall 1998 Ironbound Voices — — No Dioxin Incinerator in Ironbound On August 3. 1998, the Environmental solution to rid of the dioxin, the EPA promised the Protection Agency (EPA) announced that they had ICATW that they would use it. The ICATW intends to dropped a plan to build an incinerator to bum the assemble its own scientific advisory team to ensure the dioxin at the Diamond Alkali Superfund site in safety of residents during the clean up, and ensure that Ironbound. The announcement was made at a meeting all possible alternatives for permanent clean up are of the Ironbound Committee Against Toxic Waste, explored. For more information about the dioxin plan, held at Wolff Memorial Presbyterian Church. contact ICATW at 589-3353. “The EPA dropped their plan to bum the dioxin because the community made their opposition known,” said Steve Powell, from the Ironbound Committee Against Toxic Waste (ICATW). “The EPA told us that burning the dioxin would be safe and effective, but the experience of burning dioxin in other places raised many concerns.” The EPA quickly dropped the plan to incinerate the dioxin, and announced that they would return to an earlier plan, to “contain” the dioxin at the site. The containment plan basically includes: * A wall will be built, above and below ground, around the site * The groundwater will be treated to eliminate contamination of the water. * A. clay cap, shaped like a dome, will be put On September 25, 1998, Ironbound residents got a over the dioxin. tour of the dioxin site at the old Diamond Shamrock plant. Above, Ironbound residents, wearing hardhats, Sharon Jaffes, EPA’s Remediation Project listen to the EPA describe the dioxin location. Manager, assured the community that safety precautions would be taken to make sure that the Unhappy Anniversary dioxin does not contaminate the area during the construction. ICATW is currently holding meetings It was 20 years ago August 2 that the families of the around the neighborhood to make certain that Love Canal neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, residents understand the EPA’s plans. discovered that their homes were contaminated by a “We are glad that the EPA has decided to leaking toxic waste dump, and that it was making their contain instead of incinerate the dioxin. However this children sick. 900 families lived in this neighborhood. community will continue to insist on permanently Eventually President J immy Carter appropriated funds removing the dioxin out of Ironbound,” said June to relocate most of them. Lois Gibbs, a housewife and Kruszewski, from ICATW. mother from Love Canal, went on to become director The dioxin site would be checked every two of a national environmental group, and visited years after the construction is complete. If new Ironbound several times to help residents in their fight technology has been developed for a permanent to clean up toxic chemicals in this neighborhood. Ironbound Voices Fall 1998 P. 5 — — Hiroshima Remembered "We didn't know that the aftermath of dropping the bomb at Hiroshima would last so many years. We have got to be concerned about more than just the street around our church," said Rev. Robert Johnson from First Hopewell Baptist Church, as he welcomed Newark residents for the 10th Annual Hiroshima Day Observance. Sara Flounders, from the International Action Center in New York, said that the United States is still using weapons made with depleted uranium (du), Irottbound Summer Arts Program which are essentially nuclear bombs. She discussed Young people who participated in the Ironbound the effects of the Gulf war: 600,000 pounds of nuclear Summer Arts Program this year were able to take waste left, the cancer rate in Iraq multiplying by 5 in experience woodworking, music, dance, painting, and eight years, 100,000 United States soldiers drumming. Shown above, a group performing an chronically ill with cancers, kidney or memory loss, ada^tation^Rome^&MulieL^^^^^^^^^^^^^ and genetically deformed children. Brookings Institute studied the cost of Clean Water Campaign developing nuclear weapons, and found that it was $5.8 trillion or $35 billion a year, for 56 years. The New Jersey Environmental Federation "Money which is spent for weapons could be used for held a workshop at the Ironbound Community Center other social needs, such as better schools, housing, at 432 Lafayette St. recently to discuss their Drinking health care, jobs, parks and recreation programs," said Water Campaign. New Jersey’s Department of Sylvia Zisman, chairperson for the Hiroshima Day Environmental Protection (DEP) is in the process of Committee. writing a Source Water Assessment Plan to identify "One half of your tax dollars go to the military contaminants in the water. NJEF wants the DEP to budget," said Bob Bender, from New Jersey Peace identify all contaminants in the water, and to notify Action. "Get active. It is our lives, our children’s consumers about what they find in the water. lives, and our grandchildren’s lives we are talking Public hearings will be held about the about." regulations during October and November, and the public will have a chance to be heard. NJEF believes that people should have the right to know everything that is in their drinking water For more information, contact NJEF at 732-280-8988. Ironbound Little League held its Annual Fundraising Dinner on October 16. If you missed it, you can still make a donation. Checks can be written to the Ironbound Little League and From left to right: Boh Bender, N.J Peace Action, sent to: Joe Callello, 67 Nichols St., Newark, N.J. Steve Jones, Metropolitan Ecumenical Ministry, and 07105. Sylvia Zisman, chairperson for the event. P. 6 Fall 1998 Ironbound Voices — — ! SPARK Challenges Unplanned Development In Ironbound " It is time to stop selling off Ironbound, by a factory which is used for storage and transfer of allowing developers to build without carefully hazardous waste. examining the plans and thinking about the overall "The children will play in the parking lot, and needs of and affect on the community," said Manuel their playing will spill over into the street. It will be Lavin, spokesperson for SPARK (Save The Park at dangerous," said Nancy Zak. RiverbanK). "For the past several years, residents The Central Planning Board approved the have been expressing concerns at all kinds of public variances and the proposal, with one negative vote meetings and forums about the need for more from Albert Coutinho, and one abstention, Tony recreational space in the community, overcrowded Machado. schools, the nightmare of parking problems. It is The City of Newark is rewriting its zoning time to stop complaining, and do something about it." law, SPARK is working with other groups around the city to make sure that the public will have a chance to SPARK members testified at a Central give input on the new zoning law. Planning Board meeting on August 3 and on September 2,1998, objecting to a proposal for a new Riverbank Park Updates housing development on McWhorter St. The proposal, to build an apartment building * SPARK received an award from the New with 52 apartments, did not meet the city's zoning Jersey Association of Environmental Commissions guidelines, and therefore the developer, Sumo for its work to save Riverbank Park. The award was Enterprises, had to apply to the Central Planning presented at the Association’s convention in Board for a number of "variances." When the Princeton during October. Planning Board grants a variance, they are allowing the developer to change from what is currently * SPARK received a grant from the National required by zoning law. Historic Trust’s Preservation Sendees Fund to hire Michael Mills, a noted historic preservationist whose In the case of McWhorter Plaza, the developer firm has worked on the state house in Trenton, and wanted variances for: the height of his building, many other well known places in New Jersey. Mr. insufficient parking., no front yard, and no side yard. Mills will help to advise the community on the The developer said he didn't need a variance for the restoration work for the structures at Riverbank Park. back yard, because he had a back yard, but the back yard was the parking lot. * The Essex County Improvement Authority The law says that variances are not supposed (BC1A) has issued contracts for the tree pruning and to be given unless it can be done without "substantial fertilizing work at Riverbank Park, and for the detriment to the public good." construction fence. This work should begin this month. SPARK hopes to involve local schools in At the Central Planning Board hearings, murals for the outside of the fence. SPARK members said that the proposal would make existing overcrowding problems in the community * For information about SPARK, or the worse. They also raised concerns about the proposal's Riverbank Park project, call 690-5819. lack of recreation space for children, since there is no yard. The proposed building is across the street from Ironbound Voices Fall 1998 P.7 — — O Concelho da Cidada Passa Resolu^ao Contra O Transporte Por Barco De Lixo de New York Para O Ironbound Em 2 de Setembro, 1998, o Concelho da Cidade de Newark passou uma resolu^ao contra a proposta para transportar 4,000 toneladas de lixo de Nova Iorque diariamente para o Ironbound. A ordena^ao do Concelho da Cidade, introduzido pelo Vereador Augusto Amador e passo por voto unanime, declara que a proposta teria um... “Efeito negativo ao meio ambiente do Rio Passaic e a povoagao do Ironbound donde o incinerador esta localizado... Agora, e resolvido que o concelho municipal da cidade de Newark, New Jersey, opor-se a proposta para tranportar lixo de Nova Iorque por barco para ser queimado no incinerador na secgSo do Ironbound, Newark, New Jersey...” Actualizagdo do Riverbank Park “Efeito negativo ao meio ambiente do Rio Passaic e a povoagao do SPARK recebeu um premio do New Jersey * Ironbound donde o incinerador Association of Environmental Commissions (NJAEC) esta localizado. ” pelo seu esforgos para salvar o Riverbank Park. O premio foi prestado na conferencia anual de NJAEC em Princeton, N.J. em Outubro. A proposta pela companhia Eastern Environmental inclui a constnujao de uma doca detras * SPARK recebeu uma subven^ao do National do incinerador de Essex County donde o lixo de New Historic Trust Preservation Services Fund para York seria transportado. Algum do lixo seria cmprcgar Michael Mills, um ocnhccido historiador dc queimado no incinerador Algum seria levado por preserva^ao. Sua firma tem trablhado para o Govemo camiao para outros sitios. A proposta ate inclui a em Trenton, N.J. O Sr. Mills ajudar a avisar a construgao de um novo incinerador na zona de comunidade sobre o trabalho de restaura^ao das Frelinghuysen Ave. O transporte deste lixo para outros estruturas do Riverbank Park. locais aumentara o numero de camioes na nossa comunidade. * O Essex County Improvement Authority (ECIA) iniciou contratos para podar as arvores, a Residentes do Ironbound marcharam por Ferry fertilizaqao e a constnujao da cerca. Este trabalho St. no dia 17 de Junho de 1998 para protestar o piano. come^ara este mes. SPARK espera envolver escolas Para mais informaqdes, contacte Evin Aksay locais para desenhar murais para rodear a cerca. do Ironbound Committee Against Toxic Waste (ICATW) 589-3353. Para mais informaSes chame 690-5819. P. 8 Fall 1998 Ironbound Voices — — Residentes Vao Ter Que Votar Para Eliminar Incineradores No proximo dia 3 de Novembro os dos poluentes mais perigosos. As analises a dioxina no residentes de cinco “counties” v5o decidir atraves de incinerador de Newark sao feitas somente uma vez por referendo, se autorizarao gastar 100 milhbes de ano, e aos metais pesados so de cinco em cinco anos. dolares para pagamento de dividas de incineradores ‘Podem tirar-se amostras das cinzas para nestes cinco “counties.” analise de dois em dois ou de cinco em cinco minutos, “E inacreditavel que os residentes do mas isso e se eles quiserem gastar dilnheiro,” disse o Ironbound, que tanto lutaram contra a construgao cicntista Peter Montague da Princeton.. “Ningucm deste incinerador na nossa comunidade, sejam agora esta interessado em dizer que o publico esta a ser envenenado; a menos que o Govemo obrigue; chamados a salvarl-lo com dinheiro dos impostos do ningucm toma essa decisao porque assim que a analise estado de New Jersey,” disse Joe Nardone, membro do ComitS do Ironbound Contra os Residuos Toxicos for feita o publico quer saber o resultado.” “O DEP esta a autorizar uma industria que (ICATW). essencialmente esta produzir carcinogengicos, e a Recentemente, urn juiz declarou anulado o contrato entre o Essex Coimty e a American Ref-Fuel, langa-los na atmosfera,” disse David Pringle, director propietaria do incinerador para desta forma poupar da Federag&o Ambiental de New Jersey.. milhbes de dolares aos contribuites. “Nos temos vindo Residentes de Warren County levaram a cabo a pagar injustamente durante 10 anos atraves dos impostos do nosso County. Agora o estado quer que um protesto durante 10 dias reclamando o n6s o continuemos a fazer.Somos n6s que estamos a encerramento incondicional do incinerador. “:0 receber a poluig&o deste incinerador e nao o queremos problema do lixo do Warren County pode ser resolivod atraves dos tres R’s: reduzir, reusar, e sustentar. Nos queremos fecha-lo!” disse June reciclar. Hexistem altemativas a queima de lixo,” Kruszewski do ICATW. disse Anna Maria Caldera. Por todo o estado de New Jersey, os Reclaim New Jersey ira promover reunites em incineradores estao a dar urn prejuizo que ronda $1.6 bilibes de dolares. Ja existem por todo o estado vrias localidades atraves do estado. Pasra qualquer nucleos de activistas que atraves do grupo chamado informagao contacte o ICATW atraves do telefone Reclaim New Jersey lutam nao so pelo corte deste 589-3353. enorme subsidio como tambem pelo fecho total dos incineradores. Furagao Georges A parte do custo dos incineradores os grupos ambientalistas de NJ criticam os efeitos nefastos das toxinas dos incineradores na saude publica. A Voc£ pode ajudar vitimas do furagao Georges e de DirecgSo Geral del Pro tec So ao Meio Ambiente (DEP) outros desastres contribuindo para o American Red conduz regularmente testes as substancias residuais do cross Disaster Relief Fund. Pode chamar para 1-800- incinerador. O problema e que nao sao feitos testes HELP NOW ou para o locai mais proximo em East vezes suficientes a metais pesados (ex., cadmio, Orange, NJ ao 1-800-783-4274. chumbo, mercurio, etc.) e a dioxina. E estes alguns Ironbound Voices Fall 1998 P. 9 — — SPARK Desafia Desenvolvimento Urbano Nao Planejado No Ironbound “Ja e tempo de parar o leilao do Ironbound, A construtora alegou que n3o era necessario por permitir que epresarios contruam imoveis de permissSo para a ausencia de quintal nos fundos do maneira indiscriminada. As Autoridades nao estao projeto, porque o terreno existentes nos fundos seria examinando criteriosamente em como o bairro do usado para o estacionamento. Ironbound e toda a comunidade estao sendo afet A lei diz especifica que n5o serSo concedidas ados,” disse Manuel Lavin, porta voz do SPARK opgSes, desde que estas venham “prejudicar a (Campanha Para Salvar O Parque Do Riverbank). populag&o de um modo geral.” “Nos ultimos anos, os moradores tem Na reuniSo de ComissSo Central de expressado preocupagao atraves de reuniQes publicas, Planejamento, os membros dos SPARK disseram que com o estabelecimento de maiores areas de lazaer e a construgao deste projeto ira peiorar as condigdes ja recreagao, escolas superlotadas, problemas com existentes na comunidade. Trouxeram a tona tambem estacionamento. Ja e tempo de pararmos de reclamar a falta de zona de lazer para as cnangas, visto n&o e exigirmos uma solugao para o beneficio de toda haver quintal no projeto residencial. Este projeto comunidade.” tambem e localizado junto a uma propriedade usada para armazenar materials toxocos a contaminosos. Representantes do SPARK testificaram junto a Comissao de Planejamento numa reuniao realizada “As criangas brincarao no estacionamento, e em 3 de Agosto passado e depois em outra reuniao no posteriormente acabarSo brincando nas ruas dia 2 de Setembro de 1998, rejeitanto uma proposta adjacentes. Isto sem duvidas e muito perigoso para as para a construgSo de um projeto residencial na criangas,” disse Nancy Zak. _ McWhorter St. A ComissSo Central de Planejamento aprovou todas as exigencias da construtora, com apenas um A proposta para construir um edificio de voto negativo de Albert Coutinho e uma abstengSo de apartamentos com 52 unidades, nao foi aprovada pelo Tony Machado. fato de nao enquadrar nos requisitos do zoneamento, SPARK planeja continuar trabalhando neste e portanto a construtora Sumo Enterprises Inc. teve assunto de alta densidade do Ironbound. que apelar para a Comissao Central de Planejamento solicitan o um numento de opgdes. Caso as opgoes Conhece A/guem Que sejam concedidas, a construtora pode fazer mudangas nos pianos originais enquadrando dentro dos Ja Nao Ve Para Ler? requisitos zonais. No caso deste projeto da McWhorter St., a Informe-lhe sobre a “biblioteca para construtora solicitou opgSes para: cegos e desvantajosos. * Altura do predio * Numero insuficiente de estacionamento. Era A biblioteca Ihe oferece livros gravados em fita em suposto ter 78 espagos, mais tinha somente 56 varias linguas. E...e gratis! Chame para 1-800-582- * Sem jardim na frente do projeto 5945 e peca pela “Language Line” e um interprete lhe * Sem espago nos lados do edificio. ajudara a registrar-se para servigos da biblioteca. P. 10 Fall 1998 Ironbound Voices — —

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