[CPEO-BIF] E.C. Electroplating Co. site. Garfield, New Jersey

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA wants to present remediation plan for Superfund site in Garfield

By Kristie Cattafi
NorthJersey.com
March 26, 2015

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hoping to bring a  
remediation plan for the future of the city’s Superfund site to the  
public sometime this summer based off of ground tests and a  
computerized water model.

Garfield was added to the Superfund list of the most toxic places in  
the nation in 2012 after 30 years of contamination in part of the  
city. The area is bordered by Van Winkle Avenue, Monroe Street,  
Sherman Place and the Passaic River. The E.C. Electroplating Co.  
plant is located on Clark Street, which is believed to be the source  
of the contamination. Garfield Elementary School 7 and a daycare  
center are also located near the site.
The E.C. Electroplating site is located in a mixed residential and  
commercial area of Garfield. In December 1983, approximately 3,640  
gallons of chromium plating solution (chromic acid) containing about  
5,400 pounds of chromium was discharged from a partially below ground  
storage tank contaminating groundwater beneath the site. Wells were  
installed to monitor groundwater and partially recover some of the  
discharged product.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.northjersey.com/community-news/epa-wants-to-present- 
remediation-plan-for-superfund-site-1.1296159

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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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