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ENVIRONMENTALISTS REJECT PLAN FOR TAR PONDS
SYDNEY - The final plan for cleaning up the Sydney tarponds should be ready by next week, but already it is controversial.
The $400-million plan will call for most of the contamination to be buried and some of the most heavily polluted material to be burned.
News that some material from the tarponds will likely be burned has reignited the debate over incineration.
Bruno Marcocchio of the environmental group Sierra Club says the Hamm government has chosen dirty, dated technology to clean up the toxins in the Sydney tarponds.
He's pressing for a full environmental assessment of the plan so there will be a public debate about the methods used and the scope of the cleanup.
"There's no science! You've just drawn a line at the fence. There's no science in that; there's just political expediency, Mr. Premier," he said.
Marcocchio says there are safer and cleaner methods of cleaning up the toxic ooze.
The wastes in the tarponds contain 15 varieties of cancer-related chemicals, including PCBs and arsenic. Homeowners beyond the area designated for cleanup say they fear their health is being affected.
It will be up to the federal environment minister to make the final decision on what sort of environmental review is needed.
Premier John Hamm says he thinks people in Sydney just want to get on with the job.
"I believe the community wants it done and the sooner we get it started, the sooner we'll have it finished," he said.
The head of the Sydney & Area Chamber of Commerce agrees the work needs to be done as soon as possible.
Bruce Meloney says he can't imagine that the tarponds site, or the cleanup plan, need any more scrutiny.
INDEPTH: Tracking the tar ponds
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