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Information
Below is a compilation of information to help educate the people of Cranford.
Power Pole Chemical Sparks Concerns in New Jersey (NBC 4 NY, 5/6/2019)
A chemical called 'extremely toxic' by the EPA is popping up in a number of New Jersey neighborhoods as a wood preservative used to treat power poles. Brian Thompson reports.
PSE&G PROPOSED PLAN
- Please click here for the PSE&G FAQ for the Utility Infrastructure Upgrades in Cranford
- PSE&G 69KV Statewide Initiative Website
- PSE&G 69KV Initiative for Cranford
- Full PJM Proposal – Includes other towns
- Who is PJM? PJM Interconnection (PJM) is the regional transmission organization responsible for planning the transmission system in all or parts of 13 states.
- Is this plan for Cranford listed as A REQUIRED project or A SUPPLEMENTAL PROJECT (as per the slides below) BY PJM?
- As per PJM, "These [supplemental] projects are used as inputs to RTEP models, but are not required for reliability, economic efficiency or operational performance criteria, as determined by PJM." Click to read more from PJM.
- PJM Proposal for Cranford (see graphics below)
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Map of the route of the newly proposed 69kV high voltage lines to run through residential streets and past Walnut Ave school and Lincoln School. Sold blue line is above ground lines, dotted blue is below ground (part ofLexington ave and all of Chester Lang) -
Problem Statement as presented by PJM
What does a 65 foot pole look like?
Take a look at the recently installed 65-foot-tall poles on Terrill Road (going to Front Street) in Scotch Plains. Submitted by a resident.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
- Definitions & Terminology
- Archive of Formal Resident Communications from PSE&G
- Chemicals Used to Treat the Wood Poles (links to information and studies relating to the various harms these poles impose)
- Penta: https://libfre.com/what-the-experts-say/
- Penta: EPA's Cancer Assessment on Penta; Likely to be carcinogenic to humans
- Penta: EPA's 288 page Toxicology Report on PCP including years of documented studies and HUMAN mortality rates
- Penta: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (CDC.gov site); Carcinogenic to humans
- Penta: CDC Fact Sheet on Pentachlorophenol
- Penta: Pentachlorophenol Contamination of Private Drinking Water From Treated Utility Poles (American Journal of Public Health)
- Penta: EPA set a max contamination level of 1 ppb (ONE PART PER BILLION)
- Creosote (tar): CDC's Public Health Statement on Creosote (also read section 1.3)
- Diesel Fuel: Diesel Fuel as a Carcinogenic: WHO/International Agency for Research on Cancer's validation
- U.S. Senator Charles Schumer Chimes In Against Use Of Penta On Utility Poles
- PSE&G SURPRISES TOWN and erects 90 foot pole WITHOUT NOTIFYING CITIZENS.
- Sites on EMFs