New Jersey to Ban VX Shipments on Turnpike

New Jersey plans to block the shipment of VX nerve agent on its turnpike following a spill at the Newport Chemical Agent Disposal Facility in Indiana, the Courier-Post reported today (see GSN, June 23).

State officials have opposed efforts to treat wastewater from Newport VX neutralization at a DuPont plant in New Jersey.

“New Jersey’s position has been reinforced by the recent announcement that on-site treatment of the VX nerve agent and its byproducts is technically practicable in Newport,” wrote acting New Jersey Governor Richard Codey in a letter to Army Secretary Francis Harvey (see GSN, May 3).

Codey has ordered the New Jersey Turnpike Authority to work with state police and other relevant state agencies to block VX shipments (Lawrence Hajna, Courier-Post, June 23).

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