[CPEO-BIF] "N.J. moves to speed building on brownfields "

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

N.J. moves to speed building on brownfields 

By ALEX NUSSBAUM
NorthJersey.com
February 11, 2005 

New Jersey is overhauling its rules covering the cleanup of toxic
pollution, a move that could spur redevelopment at thousands of old
industrial sites but also could mean some sites won't get cleaned up at all.

The revised rules would affect the speed and cost of cleanups statewide
- from old chemical factories in Fair Lawn to Paterson's abandoned
factories and gasoline-tainted wells across the region.

The proposals, still under review, include the first update in 12 years
of groundwater pollution standards and the state's first standards ever
for soil contamination. They'll determine how much businesses have to
spend on sites where they've fouled the ground and water - properties
that developers see as potential gold mines of new homes, shops and parks.

Both environmentalists and business groups have problems with the plans.

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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