[CPEO-BIF] Paul’s Tank Cleaning site, Hainesport, New Jersey

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hainesport considers brownfield as affordable housing site
Testing of groundwater at one well on the property showed 10 known or suspected carcinogens, including arsenic.

By Lisa Broadt
Burlington County Times (NJ)
November 19, 2019 
 

HAINESPORT - The township is considering 100% affordable rental housing on land formerly occupied by an industrial tank cleaning company.

First, though, the township needs to clean up the 3.4-acre contaminated property.

Soil testing performed at the property this year showed pollution from four known carcinogens, according to a township analysis. Testing of groundwater at one well on the property showed 10 known or suspected carcinogens, including arsenic, the analysis showed.

The Township Committee at its meeting Nov. 12 said it plans to apply to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a $500,000 Brownfields Cleanup Grant.


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For the entire article, see
https://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/news/20191119/hainesport-considers-brownfield-as-affordable-housing-site

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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