[CPEO-BIF] "State asks for ex-Jersey City dry cleaner owner to remediate site, suggests $500k fine"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State asks for ex-Jersey City dry cleaner owner to remediate site, suggests $500k fine

By John Heinis 
Hudson County View (NJ)
September 28, 2023

The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office and the state Department of Environmental Protection has filed a brief to compel the former owner of a Jersey City dry cleaner to remediate the site, also recommending a $500,000 fine.

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The site of this former dry cleaner in Jersey City, formerly Sparkle Cleaners at 304 Central Ave. in the Heights, is contaminated with TCE and PCE, both of which pose a threat to human health.

The owner has disregarded a previous consent judgment and a separate, subsequent court order to clean up the site and pay liens placed on the property for violating environmental laws.

The current motion resurrects the prior lawsuit and seeks to force the owner to remediate the site, including cleaning up the TCE and PCE contamination, and pay sanctions for violating the previous order.

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For the entire article, see
https://hudsoncountyview.com/state-asks-for-ex-jersey-city-dry-cleaner-owner-to-remediate-site-suggests-500k-fine/

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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

Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918

http://www.cpeo.org

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