The Real Hazleton PA
This page is dedicated to
my good friend Bertha Girard,
who lost her fight to Beryliosis that she acquired while working
at the former Kawecki-Berylco outside of Hazleton. Bert was only doing her
job as second floor nurse, now she has paid for it with her life. For you and the thousands of people
like you in the Hazleton Area, I wrote this page. We know Bert is up in
Heaven saying "Don't stop fighting".
Bert would be very proud to hear that C.A.U.S.E. has won a partial victory in their fight to stop the dredge coming in at the Hazleton City Landfill. The details can be found on my other web site http://www.oscette.com/sludge.htm.
This Picturesque View Is Of The Greater Hazleton Area Will Show The True Story Of What We Live With On A Day To Day Basis.
Past Deep Pit Coal Mining Has Raped
And Robbed This Area
Of All It’s Scenic Beauty And Left Some Nasty Scars
Here
This Is Stockton #7’s Grand Canyon Of Unknown Depth
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| "Big Gorilla" Before Remediation | During Remediation With Fly Ash | After Completion - 16.6 Acres |
This Is The Audenreid Stripping Along Rt. 309 About Five Miles South Of Hazleton
Picture Courtesy Of The Payer Page
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| Original Pit (Courtesy of The Payer Page) | Reclaimed by BAMR Aug. 6, 2006 |
This Water-Filled Pit Was
South Of Beaver Meadows.
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This Is The Jeansville Mountain (Culm Bank). Visible From Any Part Of Hazleton
Picture Courtesy Of The Payer Page
This Is The Beaver Brook Mountain (Culm Bank). Along Rt. 309 South
Picture Courtesy Of The Payer Page
This Is McAdoo’s Fly Ash.
Stockton’s Fly Ash Pit.
This Is NEPCO, the Co-Gen Plant South Of McAdoo PA. Produces Fly Ash As A Byproduct.
This Is The
“Anthracite King”, Still Digging In Stockton.
Behind The
Ollie’s Store On West Broad St.
Cranberry Creek – Out Of An Old
Sewer Pipe From The Heights.
How About This Sewer Pond Along Side
Of The Railroad
It Comes From
This Nice Quiet Building By The Beech Street Playground.
This Fascinating
Site Is The Old Municipal Dump.
This Building Was
The Site Of The Former Chromatex Plant #2,
Groundwater Is Still Being Monitored Around The Plant
Today.
Tranguch Tire, Responsible For The Massive Gas Leak
Site Of The Former
Kawecki-Berylco,
Beryllium Plant In Ashmore,
Jeddo Tunnel Exits Acid Mine
Drainage From The Jeddo Breaker
The Hazleton City Landfill,
Site of Toxic
Barrels......
PCB-Laden Capacitors......
Water-Filled Pits...... And Dangerous High Walls. One of the most toxic sites
in the area - McAdoo Associates, south of McAdoo on rte 309. These
pictures of the cleanup were taken in 1982 by AP photographer Phil Sarno. McAdoo Associates Today.
I personally counted 9
monitoring wells on the site.
The first site was located
behind West Blaine St. in McAdoo. I had received an
email from a person asking me to take a look at a site located east of
Freeland, PA. The former site of
C & D Recyclers.
I did some checking on the EPA site and found that the site is still on
the Superfund List. I went to the site and took some pictures.
I had some concerns that there were no monitoring wells on the site,
especially since it is a Superfund site.
Many of Our People Have Died Senselessly Because Of Coal Mining And Industry That Has Been Located In Our Area. And The Extensive Dumping Of Toxic Materials From Local Industries As Well As Other Areas As Far As Canada. We Are
Hoping For A Better Future And An End To The Senseless Suffering And
Diing From mining And Industry. Thank You For
Visiting The "Real" Hazleton PA. Visit My Other Page And Read About
The Hazleton Dredge Issue And More. Visit These Three Web Sites And They
Will Give You More Truth About This Area.
©2006 - 2008 Oscette@ptd.net
Believed to be one of Hazleton's 14 COS's (Combined Sewer Overflows).
On The Property Where Hazleton Wants To Build It's Ampitheater?
Always The
Site Of A Mosquito Infestation.
One Of Hazleton's 14 CSO
Pumping Stations.
Which Opened
In 1940 On The South Side Of Town.
Valmont Industrial Park,
Famous For It’s Releases of Trichloroethylene
Into The Surface And
Groundwater of The Surrounding Area.
That Caused Property Damage And
Illness To The Residents
Of The Laurel Gardens Section Of Hazleton.
East Of Hazleton.
Dr. Dessen said this plant would boast Hazleton's economy,
instead it
killed hundreds of people who contacted Beryliosis.
Now Owned By Cabot Corp.
And The Hazleton Shaft Breaker To The
Nescopeck Creek In Drums.
This Hole Is At The
Old Quarry.
This One Is In Pit O
At The Landfill.
This One Is Under The
Railroad Tracks At The Landfill.
In Operation From 1955 To 1982.
The Most Controversial Site In The Area.
Now being
filled with River Dredge
Right over
existing garbage
There Is Much Controversy Concerning
This Site Because It Is Being Reclaimed With River Dredge And Fly Ash.
River Dredge Contains 128 Known Toxins And Fly Ash Is Known For
It’s High Content Of Arsenic. The
Process Is Still In An Experimental Stage, With No One Knowing The
Outcome In The Future.
Monitoring well off
site on 309 site - in the background - NEPCO and it's fly ash
Remains of first
McAdoo Associates Site
In ground monitoring
well
Chemicals from
site possibly have polluted Surface Water, Groundwater And Possibly The Stillcreek Reservoir, With
People Suffering from a rare form of Cancer called Polycythemia Vera It Was
Removed From The Superfund List On December 13, 2001.
