HHS-OASH-2026-0397-3907
https://www.regulations.gov/comment/HHS-OASH-2026-0397-3907

Please accept this note from a lifelong Wanaque resident whose family history here goes back to the early 1930's, when my grandfather, Aldo Malatesta and his brothers built the Wanaque house that I grew up in and the one that I now own and live in, with their blood, sweat and joy to have such an idyllic and peaceful place that they and their descendents could call home.  It was a place where we all could feel safe, protected and hopeful for the future.

In that nearly 100 years Wanaque has held a primary place in our hearts.  All of my 8 siblings and I went to St Francis school, where I even had the privilege to teach Art for two years as a young professional.  We belonged to The Memorial Cadets, and all the  Wanaque sports teams, which my brothers coached as a way to give back to the town we called home.  One of us made her career as a longstanding professional at Shippee's Pharmacy.  We swam in Back Beach and skated on Meadowbrook Lake.  I could go on and on with all the wonderful; memories and people that we have shared but you get the idea.    I live in the smallest house in town, in a lovely little clearing just "over the mountain" from Lakeland High School.  It is the closest in distance to the area where the proposed tower has been planned to be built.

The thought of this tower invading our space has created a stress unlike anything I have experienced before.  Concern for our homes, our water, our air, soil and, especially, the children and folks who spend their days at Lakeland leads us to wonder if there is any protection for us at all from the unknown and, yes, even the known issues that can arise when a tower like this is dropped in the middle of a busy resdiential area.  There is also a great deal of wildlife that make their natural homes in the woods between our homes and the school, and this could be a terrible fate for them as well.

Please use your heads and stop this atrocity from happening.  It has already been halted once, let the reasoning behind that decision guide your judgement and give us the future we seek for our own decendents.  Let the next hundred years be as pleasant and secure as the last hundred have been.  Find another place for the tower where people won't be at the risk of harm.