Would you sell out your town and its citizens for a few more blue-collar, ‘bit more than minimum wage’ jobs? No, really. By sell out I mean EMBRACE toxic waste like a lover. Hmmm… Still not so sure? Then read on – Hudson.
By CAMARON ABUNDES
ANDREWS CO.- A sign just before you drive into the City of Andrews spells out its core values: Andrews Loves God, Country, and Supports Free Enterprise. In the 1990′s, city leaders living by that mantra wanted to diversify and went out in search of a new industry to bring to the area. The Mayor and other leaders toured hazardous waste sites around the state and commissioned studies on the land. In 1997, Waste Control Specialists, LLC, moved into a site 30 miles west of town.
The Waste Control Specialists site has accepted PCB’s for years, but the latest project set to start in May or June is on a much larger scale. The project requires a crew to lay an additional line of railroad track around the disposal site and the purchase of a rail car. W.C.S. already has a strip of track that runs into the facility. The project will start when the Hudson River thaws. Trains will begin hauling soil from New York to West Texas. 81 rail cars will arrive every other day up to the next seven years.
“Just by moving the material to West Texas won’t neutralize it, that material will still be highly toxic for hundreds of years in these drums,” Carman said about the EPA approved plan to remove the sediment from the river bed in New York.
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