[CPEO-BIF] Raritan River, New Jersey, lawsuit

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Raritan River cleanup lawsuit rejected by federal court

By SUSAN LOYER
My Central Jersey
June 1, 2010


A lawsuit filed in federal court last year by area environmental 
agencies in connection with the cleanup of a 440-acre former industrial 
site on the banks of the Raritan River was dismissed last week.

The suit, filed last year by Edison Wetlands Association and NY/NJ 
Baykeeper, in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 
charged that several parties violated the Federal Clean Water Act and 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

The 11 plaintiffs in the suit included NL Industries of Dallas, 
Middlesex County, the state Department of Transportation, the Sayreville 
Economic and Redevelopment Agency (SERA) and O'Neill Properties Group of 
King of Prussia, Pa.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20100601/NEWS/6010359/Raritan-River-cleanup-lawsuit-rejected-by-federal-court

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org



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