Elcon Hazardous Waste Facility

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100 Dean Sievers Place
Morrisville, PA
19067
United States of America

Latitude: 40.166829

Longitude: -74.760007

Notes

would be located in Falls Twp, and includes combustion processes that would release contaminants to the air Elcon withdrew permit application after being fought by community group for 5 years.

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Distance (miles)	2.5	5	10	25
American Indian	0.9%	1.1%	0.5%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	2.7%	4.5%	10.7%
Black	16.9%	18.1%	19.8%	13.7%
Hispanic	33.4%	37.1%	19.2%	12.5%
White	45.5%	39.4%	53.4%	59.2%

Population	2,700	113k	427k	1,704k
Income				$83k

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GROUPS

Group	St.	Interest
Clean Air Council		Interested
Delaware Riverkeeper Network		Interested
Energy Justice Network		Interested
Protect Our Water and Air		Interested

CORPORATION

Name	Relation	Ownership
Elcon Recycling Services LLC	Developer	0%

PEOPLE

Person		Interest
Russell Zerbo		Active
Don McCloskey		Active
Elizabeth "Betty" Tatham		Active
Fred Stine		Active
Lisa Tordo		Active
Doug Uhlmann		Active
Joe Ciprich		Active
Marguerite Chandler		Active

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Hearing in Falls for proposed hazardous waste facility 12/8/2014 "Elcon Recycling Services, which has an office Princeton, has submitted a Phase I application to the DEP to determine whether the proposed site complies with Pennsylvania�s siting criteria for hazardous waste treatment facilities."
Elcon to advance proposal for waste treatment facility in Falls 1/31/2017 "After a year-long hiatus, a controversial proposal to build a hazardous waste treatment facility in Falls appears to be coming back to life."
DEP: Elcon withdraws plan for Falls plant 7/24/2020 "The company filed an appeal last year after township supervisors voted in April 2019 to deny Elcon�s land development application."
Elcon Withdraws Controversial Waste Treatment Facility Proposal 7/24/2020 "Falls Township said in a statement that an official from U.S. Steel, which owns the land Elcon wanted to build on, told them they dissolved the sale option with the company."
Elcon withdraws application for large hazardous wastewater plant in Bucks County 7/24/2020 ""The current business climate, including the impacts of COVID-19, has forced Elcon to reevaluate its plans for expanding its hazardous waste treatment business into the United States,""

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Power	Type	Status	Fuel
	Burner: Unknown Type	Defeated	Hazardous Waste 417 Tons Per Day

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