[CPEO-BIF] "DuPont wants Pompton Lakes [New Jersey] cleanup eased"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DuPont wants Pompton Lakes cleanup eased

By JAMES M. O’NEILL
Bergen Record (NJ)
August 17, 2014

DuPont wants to clean up its former Pompton Lakes munitions plant -  
contaminated with a litany of elements that can cause cancer and  
other illnesses - using far weaker standards than the state usually  
requires, a strategy that echoes prior attempts by polluters to push  
for less extensive cleanups at other sites in North Jersey.

In its proposal, which was obtained by The Record through a federal  
public records request, DuPont says it would leave some of the  
contaminated soil in place and cap it. Other sections would be  
excavated, with some of that soil sealed in two old tunnels carved  
out of a ridge on the property.

The plan is drawing strong criticism from state and federal  
environmental agencies that must sign off before any action can take  
place. Negotiations with the company are ongoing.

The proposal is also sparking concern from neighbors whose homes now  
sit over a plume of groundwater contaminated by toxic substances that  
migrated from the plant.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.northjersey.com/news/dupont-wants-pompton-lakes-cleanup- 
eased-1.1068867

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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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