From: | Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com> |
Date: | Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:23:47 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Macopin Middle School, West Milford, New Jersey |
DEP investigating school board for alleged contamination BY DAVID M. ZIMMER Suburban Trends (NJ) September 10, 2010School board officials authorized testing of the water in several wells around the high school complex this past week, acting on concerns regarding contaminated soil stockpiled behind Macopin Middle School. The site, approximately 550 feet behind the middle school, allegedly contains cinder as well as asphalt and concrete millings, according state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) press officer Lawrence Hajna. The dust from asphalt millings may contain unacceptable levels of known carcinogens, which pose a health risk through inhalation or consumption, according to DEP documents. Although Hajna said no immediate action needs to be taken to remediate the site, school board members cited the possibility of recent on site-disturbances from off-road vehicles and the potential for leaching in their decision to call for tests for the three wells near the contamination site, barring the discovery of suitable tests already on record. ... For the entire article, see http://www.northjersey.com/news/102504814_DEP_to_sample_several_school_district_wells_.html -- 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 _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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