[CPEO-BIF] Maywood Superfund excavation, Lodi, New Jersey

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Lodi streets will be dug up to remove contaminated soil

By Kristie Cattafi
NorthJersey.com
December 4, 2019

LODI - Contaminated soil will be excavated from a cluster of borough streets in the new year, part of the ongoing cleanup work at the Maywood Superfund site.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold two public information sessions on Dec. 10 to detail the construction project, scheduled to begin in January 2020.   

The work will involve excavation of contaminated soil under portions of Branca Court, Brook Street, Columbia Lane, Garibaldi Avenue, Hancock Street, Industrial Road, Money Street, Redstone Lane and Trudy Drive. Excavation will take place only in the streets, not under homes, said Bill Kollar, community relations manager for the project. Any residential properties that were affected by contamination have already been remediated. 

The Maywood Superfund site stretches from Maywood to Lodi and Rochelle Park. The Maywood Chemical Works manufactured a variety of chemical products on the site beginning in 1895. From 1916 through 1955, it processed radioactive thorium and disposed of it on site in burial pits. 

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For the entire article, see
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/lodi/2019/12/04/maywood-nj-superfund-site-work-lodi-contaminated-soil-removed-2020/2597229001/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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