[CPEO-BIF] "Vote on zoning change for polluted DuPont site postponed..." Pompton Lakes, NJ

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Vote on zoning change for polluted DuPont site postponed following outcry from residents

by Scott Fallon
North Jersey Record (NJ) 
April 12, 2019

A vote on a controversial zoning change for the polluted former DuPont property in Pompton Lakes was tabled this week after current and former residents voiced concerns that the change could weaken future cleanup efforts. 

The borough council decided Wednesday night that it would not act immediately on an ordinance that would eliminate any residential zoning on nearly 300 acres owned by Chemours, a DuPont spinoff company managing the cleanup at the site. 

Cleanup standards are much stricter for residential development than commercial.

The most prevalent contaminants on the DuPont property — mercury, lead, and the solvents TCE and PCE — require cleanup standards that are two to 35 times higher on residential property than commercial, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection. 

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For the entire article, see
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/environment/2019/04/12/zoning-change-polluted-dupont-site-pompton-lakes-nj-postponed/3449971002/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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