[CPEO-BIF] Xanadu Meadowlands, East Rutherford, New Jersey

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Trouble beneath Xanadu


BY JEFF PILLETS
NorthJersey.com TRENTON BUREAU
January 15, 2009

Workers at the Xanadu Meadowlands site have uncovered dozens of oozing 
drums, leaking fuel tanks, sunken pools of chemical-laced liquid and 
other hidden hazards since the project began almost four years ago.

The discoveries, recounted in a new report by a project engineer, show 
that contamination within the 104-acre Xanadu site has been widespread 
and will remain a concern even after the $2 billion shopping and 
entertainment center is due to open.

Dozens of bore holes and test wells sunk since 2007 at the construction 
site - the parking lot surrounding the arena at the Meadowlands Sports 
Complex in East Rutherford - show that water beneath Xanadu contains 
elevated levels of cancer-causing organic compounds. The report says 
project engineers, who are still collecting samples, are working on a 
plan to deal with the tainted water but will not submit it for state 
approval until after Xanadu's planned opening in August.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.northjersey.com/environment/environmentnews/xanadu011509.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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