TIME: 12:30pm
Directions below.
The Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC) is hosting a press conference for the cleanup of an illegal dumpsite that was located on Alden Mountain, Newport Township - Luzerne County.
Due to steep terrain of the site, a contractor was retained to remove the 91. 77 Tons of Trash and 3 Tons of Scrap Metal that was illegally dumped. Funding was provided to the Pennsylvania Environmental Council to cleanup this site from Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and United States Department of Agriculture.
Additional cleanups were also held, including contractor and volunteer cleanups in the Newport Township area in the month of November, 2009, resulting in 24.28 tons of trash, 32.38 tons of scrap metal and 5.62 tons of tires being removed from several locations.
Sponsors of the Community Illegal Dumpsite program coordinated by PEC are Earth Conservancy, J.P. Mascaro & Sons, Keystone Sanitary Landfill, Mericle Commercial Real Estate Services, Pennsylvania American Water Company, Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and United States Department of Agriculture.
The following have been invited to attend the press conference: Michael Angerson, USDA; Senator Raphael Musto; Leo Kucewicz of Senator Musto's NE Office; Michael Bedrin, PA DEP; Mark Carmon, PA DEP; US Representative Paul Kanjorski; Representative John Yudichak; Joseph Boylan of Rep. John Yudichak's NE Office; Robert Mericle, Mericle Commercial Real Estate Services; Jackie Dickman & Michael Dziak of Earth Conservancy; Gary Fronk of Gary Fronk Excavating; Newport Township Community Pride Members; Newport Township Council Members.
If you can attend the press conference, please notify Julie McMonagle at 570-718-6507.
Julie McMonagle, Vice President
NE Regional Office of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council
DIRECTIONS: South on I-81. Take exit 164 toward US-11/Nanticoke (PA-29N/South Cross Valley Expressway). Take Exit 2 towards Alden. Turn Left onto S. Main Street. S. Main Street becomes Middle Road. Middle Road becomes E. Kirmar Ave. Turn Left onto Alden Mountain Road. Travel approximately 1 - 1.5 miles up Alden Mountain Road. Cleanup took place on the right near the UGI power lines. The press conference will take place here.