SENATE, No. 738

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 15, 1996

 

 

By Senator BUBBA

 

 

A Supplement to "An Act making appropriations for the support of the State Government and the several public purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1996 and regulating the disbursement thereof," approved June 30, 1995 (P.L.1995, c.164).

 

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

    1. In addition to the amounts appropriated under P.L.1995, c.164, there is appropriated out of the General Fund the following sum for the purpose specified:

 

 

STATE AID

42 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

40 Community Development and Environmental Management

43 Science and Technical Programs

01-4820 Radiation Protection ......................................................................

 $2,000,000

   State Aid:

 

 

      Purchase of thorium-contamined

 

 

     homes in Wayne...........................................................

($2,000,000)

 

 

      2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

      This bill would appropriate $2.0 million to the Department of Environmental Protection for the purchase of seven thorium-contaminated homes in Wayne, New Jersey. The contamination stems from the former W.R. Grace plant on Black Oak Ridge Road in Wayne, where various chemicals were processed to make lighting devices and optics. It is estimated that 110,000 cubic yards of soil became contaminated during 23 years from the materials, including thorium, used in the manufacturing process.


                             

 

Appropriates $2.0 million for purchase of thorium-contaminated homes in Wayne.