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Local business owner warns proposed recycling facility could put 50-year marina at risk; county says it will check DEP authority
Summary
Several residents, including a marina owner, raised safety and economic concerns about a proposed Giordano recycling/entrance facility; the county said it will verify whether the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection can override a county decision and invited written materials and staff follow-up.
Andrea Davis, owner of Barber's Basin marina at 108 Tilleberg Road in Elsinore, told the Salem County Board of Commissioners that a proposed Giordano facility near her business could force the closure of her 50-year family enterprise.
"Should the Giordano plan go across the street, I will not have a business. A 50 year family business will die," Davis said during the meeting's public comment period, identifying the business and her address.
Davis asked whether the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) could overturn a county decision if commissioners denied the project. The board responded that it would check the…
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