Anonymous public comment

According to the information given by the DEP & EPA, the parties responsible for the groundwater pollution in the New Cassel/Sylvania/Gen. Instrument areas have been on-going since 1983. I'm told that the average timeframe for an EPA site cleanup on the national priorities list is 30 years. How does placing a residential community on the "List of the country's most hazardous waste sites" benefit from this...? Does the EPA have more resources that the DEP? If so, then how will the current administrations proposed 13% EPA budget cut to $8.97 billion affect their capacity? Furthermore, the "2012 proposed budget calls for cutting aid to states for water quality by 27% to $2.54 billion..." This is not reassuring support!! Additionally, although the agencies have never conducted surveys regarding the impact of NPL communities, there are independent studies indicating that by adding a community to the Superfund NPL has negatively impacted the values (as well as the sales) of the immediate areas of the real estate market. In conclusion, clean our waters. But WITHOUT placing the community of Salisbury, NY on your Superfund list.