Environment
We have a responsibility to our communities and our children to guarantee an environment that is clean and sustainable. This responsibility also presents opportunities to create jobs and grow our economy by inventing in, manufacturing, and installing clean energy technology and other sustainable solutions here in South Jersey, including offshore wind and solar. Environmentally sustainable policies and investments in renewable energy will create jones, reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil, and help address climate change.
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Cherry Hill, NJ – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a $14 million cleanup plan to remediate contaminated soil from approximately 33 residential properties at the Sherwin-Williams/Hilliards Creek Superfund site spanning parts of Gibbsboro and Voorhees. The EPA stated that the soil and groundwater beneath portions of the site contain hazardous lead, arsenic and volatile organic compounds.
Congressman Donald Norcross issued the following statement in response to the EPA's proposed cleanup plan:
Courier Post. By Phaedra Trethan
..."This cleanup proposal is welcome news for those residents of Gibbsboro and Voorhees who have had to deal with this mess for years through absolutely no fault of their own," said Norcross, a Camden County Democrat. "... It is encouraging that the EPA has now put forward a plan to accomplish that goal."
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) issued the below statement following President Obama's visit to Camden, New Jersey. The President's visit focused on the innovative steps the city has taken to create economic opportunity, help police do their jobs more safely, and reduce crime in the process.
Washington, DC - Yesterday, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) introduced his first bill, H.R. 2074, the Toxics by Rail Accountability and Community Knowledge (TRACK) Act, to improve hazmat-by-rail safety by implementing a series of recommendations made by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) following the 2012 train derailment in Paulsboro, New Jersey. Since being sworn in to Congress in November of last year, Rep.
Insurance News.
...Congressman Tom MacArthur was joined by all twelve Members of the New Jersey delegation in urging the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to hold hearings on FEMA's role in fraudulent practices used to deny Sandy victims insurance claims.
Washington, DC – Last week, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ01) voted to oppose two bills advanced by the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives intended to restrict the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from doing its job of protecting public health and the environment.
Washington, DC – In advance of today's hearing in Atlantic City regarding a proposed plan for offshore oil and gas drilling along the Atlantic Coast, U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-09) and Frank Pallone (NJ-06) were joined by U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Cory Booker (both NJ) and Reps. Albio Sires (NJ-08) and Donald Norcross (NJ-01) in sending a letter to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management opposing the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2017-2022.
NJ.com. By Jason Laday
...The senator's fellow Democrats at the press conference, including Redd, Norcross and Camden County Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, all showed strong support for Menendez, praising him for his work in South Jersey.
...Said Norcross: "He has always been there for South Jersey, and he has always been there for Camden."
CHERRY HILL, NJ – Today, Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ01) announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a $200,000 grant to the Camden Redevelopment Agency (CRA) toward the revitalization of the City's Mt. Ephraim Choice Neighborhood. The grant will be used to develop a plan to transform the area's existing blighted homes and buildings into cleaner and safer structures that will attract new businesses and residents.
NJ.com. By Rebecca Forand
An ongoing environmental cleanup at the Welsbach and General Gas Mantle site has been award $222 million in a court settlement, U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross (D-1 of Camden) announced Monday.