[CPEO-BIF] PPG settles in Jersey City

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Company settles suit; agrees to chromium clean-up in Jersey City

Hudson Reporter (NJ)
April 6, 2011

JERSEY CITY AND BEYOND – Under a settlement agreement reached this  
week in federal court, PPG Industries has agreed to clean up one of  
the last remaining chromium contamination sites in New Jersey,  
according to a national environmental organization that filed a  
lawsuit to get the clean-up completed.

Under the settlement agreement, PPG has agreed to remove 700,000 tons  
of chromium waste from Jersey City’s Lafayette neighborhood, and will  
likely spend an estimated $600 million to complete the remediation,  
according to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), one of the  
plaintiffs in the lawsuit.

PPG, a Pittsburgh-based company, will clear a nearly 17-acre site of  
hexavalent chromium, a cancer-causing toxin that has plagued the  
Lafayette area for more than 50 years. The area to be remediated  
includes a former PPG chromium plant site on Garfield Avenue and the  
surrounding community, including groundwater. Wherever possible, the  
cleanup will involve the excavation and removal of chromium wastes,  
and disposal in offsite hazardous waste landfills. Strict dust  
control measures will protect residents and workers during the cleanup.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_stories_home/12657687/article

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
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