We're seeking support to stop illegal dumping on Fred Edwards property
in Palenville NY. As this business man has shown great neglect for the health and safety
of our residents and has illegally dumped for over 9 years on a
property bordering homes and families, a federally protected wetland
and agricultural land.

We demand that the New York State Attorney General's Office conduct a
thorough investigation of this illegal dump including toxicology
testing of substrate and waters surrounding the illegally dumped
material and that the business man be held accountable to remove all
debris and toxins that may be leaking into the wetland and restore the
wetland and be fined in accordance with the law. .

The Town of Catskill Planning Board refuse his request for required
permits to operate businesses until the Attorney General's
investigation and report is complete and all remediation that may be
required be complete.

We seek to have the business man responsible remove the illegally
transported and dumped construction/demolition debris from a wetland
that affects the lives and health of families in Palenville.

This business accepted undocumented debris from NYC/Long Island on the
Fred Edwards property for over 9 years. This demolition/construction
debris included concrete/cement, old bricks, metals, asphalt,
plastics, tires oil drums and unknown material. The business man
admitted to allowing dumping of this debris being transported over 100
miles to Palenville,NY to be dumped directly Into the waters of
protected wetlands. The economics of trucking debris 100 miles to an
illegal dump site begs the question of "What's in the debris?". This
question alone requires the NYS Attorney General's office to
investigate thouroughly.

Click here to see a video of photos of debris in the wetlands.

Myself, and neighbors have witnessed air conditioners, and
refrigerators dumped on this property.

This businessman expanded his serviceable business property across the
wetlands by dumping this demo debris.

We've contacted Catskill Town Code Enforcement (Who were shortly
thereafter fired), the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation, and the NYS Attorney General's office.

New York State DEC required the businessman to level part of the
debris and who failed to dig, drill or test any of the debris for
toxicity. They based remediation on what was visible from the surface
at the time thy inspected. DEC investigating Officer Dewey failed to
see any problem with 50 gal oil drums dumped in the Wetlands.

The Town of Catskill has used this property as an illegal landfill
placing debris from the Hurricane Irene in the wetland.

This property is a federally protected wetland poised between 2
residential homes that are zoned agricultural, yet no safegaurds have
been in place for this business to protect human life.

This businessman has a DEC permit to accept leaf, and grass clippings
for composting. He does not have required Town of Catskill, or Greene
County permits to be running any of the 3 businesses he runs from this
property, yet the Town/County, and State allow him, despite numerous
complaints by the families who border his property, to continue his
activities with no precautions for the residents, protected wetlands.

This petition is to demand that:

New York State Attorney General's Office conduct a thorough
investigation of this illegal dump including toxicology testing of
substrate and waters surrounding the illegally dumped material and
that the business man be held accountable to remove all debris and
toxins that may be leaking into the wetland and restore the wetland
and be fined in accordance with the law.

The Town of Catskill Planning Board refuse his request for required
permits to operate businesses until the Attorney General's
investigation and report is complete.

We've been told by the Town of Catskill, the NYS Dept. of Health, the
DEC, and the Attorney General's Office that he would cease business,
and stop dumping on his property months ago, yet dumping continues
with business as usual.

Please Sign our Petition,

Review for yourself:

Below are Two depositions of a DEC Officer claiming that the debris is leaves,
and grass and the subsequent statement by the businessman admitting to
dumping construction debris from undocumented sources.

Newspaper Articles from Local Papers

Town of Catskill Environmental Law strictly prohibiting dumping of
undocumented debris. (This law meant to protect our town from becoming
a dumping place for toxic debris deemed to dangerous for legal
landfills and rejected by communities who care about the health of
their members.)

http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20150103/...

http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20150325/...

http://www.thedailymail.net/news/article_00c63a7c-...

This is the Article that the Local paper Printed when the Town of Catskill Fired the Code Enforcement Division a week after I asked for an Investigation into the neglect, and was Blurted out by the Town of Catskill Supervisor Joseph Leggio that they ere Fired over this situation:

http://www.thedailymail.net/news/article_4727149a-...

http://www.thedailymail.net/news/article_04773a44-...

http://www.thedailymail.net/news/article_7187477a-...

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