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STATEMENT OF CHARLES C. CARELLA, CHIEF COUNSEL, PASSAIC 

 VALLEY OCEAN DUMPING PROJECT 



Mr. D' Amours. Our next witness is Mr. Charles Carella, the 

 chief counsel of the Passaic Valley ocean dumping project of 

 Newark. 



Thank you for coming, Mr. Carella. I note that your testimony, 

 which has been submitted on behalf of Passaic Valley, was pre- 

 pared by Carmine Perrapato, and not by yourself. 



Mr. Carella. Yes. 



Mr. D' Amours. I don't know if you were here earlier when I 

 asked all witnesses to summarize, if possible, the testimony. Since 

 this is not your testimony, that may be difficult. I will repeat the 

 admonition that if it is possible to summarize, please do so. Most 

 members of the committee have read the testimony so if you can 

 summarize, we would appreciate it. 



Mr. Carella. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



First, let me indicate that I am an attorney at law from the 

 State of New Jersey. I am special counsel to the Passaic Valley 

 sewerage commissioners. Seated to my right is Mr. Kummer, a 

 partner in my law firm, Carella, Burn, Bain & GilfiUin from 

 Newark. 



We have been involved representing the Passaic Valley in a 

 number of matters concerning ocean dumping. By way of back- 

 ground, I give you this: We were counsel in the litigation which 

 ensued some time back which resulted in a consent order with 

 EPA. We are presently attorneys of record with respect to the liti- 

 gation national wildlife against a number of agencies in New 

 Jersey. 



We represent the Passaic Valley in that litigation as well. I 

 appear today in behalf of Carmine T. Perrapato, who was unable to 

 attend but who extends his apologies to you and who has asked me 

 to deliver his message to you out of respect to you and the commit- 

 tee and of course out of the importance with which the Passaic 

 Valley sewerage commissioners consider this important problem. I 

 will be brief, but as I indicated, I am delivering a message from Mr. 

 Perrapato. 



I am pleased to be here today to respond to your request to 

 present the views of the Passaic Valley sewerage commissioners 

 and that of the other New Jersey authorities that are currently dis- 

 posing of sludge in the ocean. The New Jersey authorities are: 

 PVSC, Bergen County Utilities Authority, Joint Meeting of Essex 

 and Union Counties, Linden /Roselle Sewerage Authority, Middle- 

 sex County Utilities Authority, and Rahway Valley Sewerage Au- 

 thority. 



The above-named authorities are projected to dispose of 2,783,000 

 wet tons of sludge out of a total of 7,545,000 dumped at the 12-mile 

 ocean dump site. Of this total, PVSC's contribution will be 823,000 

 wet tons per year. 



PVSC treats the wastewater generated by 1.2 million people and 

 330 major industries located in heavily industrialized northern 

 New Jersey. Our service area encompasses 30 communities in parts 

 of Bergen, Hudson, Essex, and Passaic Counties, including the 

 cities of Newark and Paterson. 



