[CPEO-BIF] Former Handy & Harman Electronic Materials Corp., Montvale, New Jersey

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Murphy administration sues shuttered Montvale company over water pollution in Park Ridge

By Scott Fallon
NorthJersey.com
December 18, 2019

Gov. Phil Murphy's administration sued the owners of a former Montvale electronics plant Monday for discharging a cancer-causing chemical that eventually contaminated nearby drinking water wells decades ago. 

The lawsuit filed by state Attorney General Gurbir Grewal targets the former Handy & Harman Electronic Materials Corp. at 20 Craig Road, where high concentrations of the solvent TCE were found in the ground.

Several drinking water wells operated by Park Ridge were contaminated and forced to close decades ago, according to the lawsuit. 

The state says it has spent more than $348,000 on cleanup and removal costs. 

The plant was owned by a number of companies that operated from 1970 to late 1985. Workers etched metal parts and did other work on electronics components that were cleaned with the degreaser TCE. The chemical was stored in tanks behind the plant. 

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For the entire article, see
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/environment/2019/12/18/nj-sues-shuttered-montvale-company-over-park-ridge-water-pollution/2686935001/

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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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