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VOL. 32 NO. 2 May 7,1987 to May 13,1987 20 cents per copy
Campaign To Fight Incinerators
More then 80 environmen­tal
and civic organizations
have urged local elected
officials to support state
l e g i s l a t i v e proposals
designed to solve Long
Island's garbage disposal
problems through recycling,
not incineration.
Representatives of these
groups announced at a news
conference that they had
sent a letter explaining their
concerns and proposals to
the Nassau and Suffolk
County Executives, all the
Town Supervisors, the
Mayor of Glen Cove, and
the Supervisor of Long
Beach. In the letter, these
officials were urged to
support several initiatives,
including an immediate ban
on the construction of
" m a s s - b u r n , resource
recovery" garbage incinera­tors
for at least five years,
and until strict standards are
established for the full
spectrum of toxic chemicals
in incinerato^ emissions and
ash residues.
Topic of Nassau Assembly Forum:
The Future of L.I. Drinking Water
Assemblyman Philip B. Healey (R-C, Massapequa) has
announced that the Nassau County Republican Assembly
Delegation will hold a public torum, "The Future of Long
Island's Drinking Water" on Friday, May 22, from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. in the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room,
County Executive Building In Mineola.
Nassau County Assembly members who will conduct the
lorum include Assemblymen Philip Healey (R-C,
Massapequa), Fred Parola (R-C, Wantagh), Daniel Frisa
(R-We.stbury), George Madison (R-C, Franklin Square),
Gregory Becker (R-C, Lynbrook), Charles O'Shea (R-C,
Baldwin) and Minority Leader Pro Tempore Kemp Hannon
(R-C, Garden City).
Topics to be discussed at the forum include: water
consersation measures; the newly-implemented cap on
water use; curbside trash separation; garbage disposal;
resoui-ce recovery; land use and open space requirements;
and funding available from the state Environmental Quality
Bond Act.
Local environmental advocacy groups, town and county
otTicials business groups and concerned citizens are invited
to provide testimony. Scheduled speakers include
Hempstead Town Presiding Supervisor Joseph Mondello;
Norman Murrell, Chairman of the Long Island Water
Conference; Steve Romalewski of NYPIRG; John Huth of
the Long Island Citi/en Campaign; officials from the
Hicksville Water District, and others.
Private citizens are encouraged to attend this important
hearing and may contact Assemblyman Healey's district
office, if they wish to provide testimony or for further
information. Telephone 541-8222.
The County Executive Building is located at 1 West Street
in Mineola. The Board of Supervisors Hearing Room is on
the 5th floor.
"Whether it's a barge full
of Long Island's trash
floating off the Louisiana
coast, or 11 garbage
incinerators proposed
throughout both counties,
Long island's garbage
problems have reached crisis
proportions," said Steven
Romalewski, Long Island
Toxics Campaign Coordin­ator
for the New York
Public Interest Research
Group (NYPIRG). "But we
strongly believe the best way
for Long Island officials to
safely and sensibly solve
their local garbage dilemma
is to support our legislative
plan of action this session in
Albany."
The letter was part of an
Island-wide campaign to
insure that the transition is
made on Long Island from
l a n d f i l l i n g to better
alternative by first taking
advantage of cheaper, safer
recycling methods, and only
considering incineration as
an absolute last resort. It
comes on the heels of a
major defeat of a proposed
refuse disposal district in the
Town of Huntington, an
'irate' 2,000-person crowd
attending Town of North
hempstead hearings on an
incinerator proposed for
Port Washington, a recent
Long Island-wide confer­ence
to promote comprehen­sive
solutions to various
environmental problems
including waste disposal,
and public hearings on a
Statewide Solid Waste
Management Plan at which
the overwhelming majority
of speakers op4)osed
incineration and supported
major revisions and
expansions to the state's
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Deputy Sheriffs Graduate
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Jerome Fitzpatrick a resident of Syosset and Anthony P. Ingenito and
James J. Tigue, residents of Bethpage, receive congratulations from Nas­sau
County Sheriff Joseph Santacroce (right) upon recent graduation from
the Nassau County Police Academy.
Greenkelt Trial Opens North End
Oyster Bay Town Councilman John Venditto presents a citation to Nancy Manfredonia,
president of the Long Island Greenbelt Trail Conference, during a ceremony celebrating
the opening of the northern end of the JVassau-Suffoik Greenbelt Trail. .Also on hand for
the festivities were (left to right) Joseph Pomponio of Massapequa, trail maintenance
volunteer; Debroah Pangallo of Bethpage, trail maintenance volunteer; Herb Grayson of
Syosset, committee member; Dick Shultz of Hicksville, board member; and Hugh Maho-ney,
Deputy Nassau County Executive.