Dive summary:
- An ethics complaint has been filed against DEP Deputy Commissioner Kropp by a landfill owner who claims that Kropp has been giving “extremely preferential treatment” to another nearby landfill owner who happens to be Kropps husband.
- The EPA denies any preferential treatment saying Strategic Environmental Partners was cited after receiving numerous complaints form residents and town officials regarding odors and noisy trucks which have nothing to do with the Kropps or her husband.
- The citations against Strategic are nothing new, during the past few years Strategic has been ordered to pay numerous fines to balance out the damages but the money has yet to be paid.
From the article:
It says the Fenimore Landfill and the Mullica Hill Landfill, operated by Horne’s Stags Leap Ranch Development, or SLRD, in Harrison Township, Gloucester County, both accept recyclable construction and demolition materials.
"Ms. Kropp has an enormous financial incentive to put SEP out of business so that her husband’s landfill can make more money," Fredericks charged.
He accused the DEP of "waging an unconscionable and unethical war against SEP by way of targeted police stops of all trucks delivering materials." ...
