[CPEO-BIF] New Jersey Zinc site, Palmerton, Pennsylvania

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Zinc brownfield gets DEP permit
Developers can add soil to elevate the Palmerton site.

By Jenna Portnoy
ALLENTOWN MORNING CALL (PA)
August 30, 2010

The state on Monday gave developers in Carbon County a permit to move 
forward with a plan to elevate the West site of the former New Jersey 
Zinc plant in Palmerton by adding millions of tons of dirt.

Eventually Northface Development would like to build a business park on 
the land, which although contaminated from years of industrial activity 
was never designated a Superfund site. Northface is working with Phase 
III Environmental to prepare the site.

The Department of Environmental Protection permit means Phase III can 
bring in from construction sites four to six million tons of soil that 
includes enough contaminants to fall under DEP rules for "regulated 
fill." The soil will raise the site's elevation 10 to 15 feet.

Back in April it looked doubtful that Phase III would get permission to 
bring in the regulated fill because the company wanted to use soil with 
too many contaminants. After receiving a sternly worded letter from the 
state, Phase III promised to use only fill that meets the standards.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/mc-palmerton-zinc-permit-20100830,0,7625196.story

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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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