WOODBRIDGE – On Wednesday, May 9, State lawmakers and regulators and local leaders will hold a news conference at a contaminated industrial site on Pennval Road in Woodbridge to propose tougher, modernized penalties to help clean up our communities in the Garden State.

            State Senators Joseph F. Vitale and Barbara Buono will announce that they will introduce legislation the next day, to give the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) greater statutory authority and the ability to impose tougher, meaningful penalties on polluters who are impacting the quality of life in New Jersey neighborhoods.  Assemblymen John Wisniewski and Joseph Vas, who will also be in attendance, will introduce identical legislation in the General Assembly later in the month.

            DEP Commissioner Lisa Jackson and Woodbridge Mayor John E. McCormac will be on hand to support the lawmakers’ efforts to crack down on dangerous polluters.

            The news conference will begin at 11:30 AM at the DC Trucking facility, on Penval Road in Woodbridge.

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WHO: Senators Joseph F. Vitale and Barbara Buono; Assemblymen John Wisniewski and Joseph Vas; DEP Commissioner Lisa Jackson and Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac.

WHAT: News Conference to Announce Proposed Bill to Toughen Penalties on Polluters.

WHEN: Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at 11:30 AM

WHERE: DC Trucking Facility, Pennval Road, Woodbridge, NJ.

DIRECTIONS: 

• Take the New Jersey Turnpike to Exit 10.
• At Exit 10, take the ramp onto CR-514/Main Street toward Woodbridge.
• Take CR-514/Main Street until it ends and make a right onto Berry Street.
• Slight left onto Woodbridge Avenue.
• Go over the NJ Turnpike and take the first right onto Pennval Road.