Re: NJ GASOLINE DATA DOCTORED

[william sanjour <wsanjour@lincs.net>]

Yes, the data are being routinely manipulated.  EPA set it up that way. 
See my 1992 memo on the subject at
http://pwp.lincs.net/sanjour/incinerators.htm.

Bill Sanjour



Joseph R Parrish Jr wrote:
> 
> The article below makes one wonder what other
> data are being manipulated.  We constantly
> have emissions from the Rahway, Newark,
> and Elizabeth incinerators choking us as
> well as from the Linden Tosco Bayway Refinery.
> The odors are sickening and surely are toxic.
> Sincerely,
> The Rev. Joe Parrish
> St. John's Church
> 61 Broad Street
> Elizabeth, NJ 07201
> and
> 300 East 56th Street
> New York, NY 10022
> September 8, 1999
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> NJ GASOLINE DATA DOCTORED
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> Date: 990907
> From: http://www.washingtonpost.com/
> 
>  Newark--Supervisors at a central New Jersey testing laboratory
> admitted Friday that they doctored data for a Japanese fuel blender so
> millions of gallons of gasoline designed to reduce air pollution would
> appear to meet federal standards.
> 
>  As a result, substandard reformulated gasoline was sold for 2 1/2
> years to motorists in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York, according
> to the three men, who pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court.
> 
>  The three men, supervisors at Caleb Brett's lab in Linden, said they
> falsified the data on behalf of Itochu Corp., a Japanese company that
> shipped gasoline to Linden for distribution to retailers. The gasoline
> could not be unloaded unless it met specifications.
> 
>  Ronald J. Domnik and Julius Balogh face five years in prison for
> conspiracy, and Nicholas Lehman three years for not telling
> authorities about the conspiracy. Each could be fined $250,000.
> 
>  A lawyer for Itochu, Lanny Breuer, refused to discuss Itochu's
> alleged role but said company officials will cooperate with the
> Justice Department.
> 
>  There is no estimate of how much additional pollution was caused by
> the substandard gasoline, the EPA said.
> 
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