NJDEP boosts Palmyra’s former flea market site as viable location
The 182-acre brownfield plot now has a warehouse officials hope is a sign of things to come
By Alex Murphy
Burlington County News (NJ)
September 10, 2023
The township has dubbed the 182-acre plot of land next to Palmyra’s Cove Nature Park “a ticking time bomb.”
The site – which has frontage on Route 73 – had at one time more than 300 unexploded military weapons known as ordnances. During World War II, the U.S. Army operated a testing range for anti-tank artillery on the property and associated operations extended onto surrounding properties.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) took notice, designating it a Brownfield Development Area, which the department defines as “a property whose expansion, redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.”
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For the entire article, see
https://thesunpapers.com/2023/09/10/njdep-boosts-palmyras-former-flea-market-site-as-viable-location/
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Lenny Siegel Executive Director Center for Public Environmental Oversight A project of the Pacific Studies Center LSiegel@cpeo.orgP.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042 Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918 http://www.cpeo.org Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)
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