PALLONE CALLS ON EPA TO CONDUCT ADDITIONAL TESTING IN KEYPORT RESIDENTIAL AREAS AS CONCERNS MOUNT

Washington, Aug. 7 -- Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. issued the following press release:

LONG BRANCH, N.J. - As residents raise renewed concern about external reports documenting local toxin and heavy metal pollution around the site of the former Aeromarine landfill in Keyport, New Jersey, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today called on Lee Zeldin, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as well as the EPA Region 2 Administrator Mike Martucci, to perform additional community-based environmental testing in Keyport's residential areas outside of the landfill. "The reports coming from Keyport continue to be concerning enough for my constituents to repeatedly and urgently share their concerns with me. We need mo...