[CPEO-IRF] Bayonne Military Ocean Terminal (NJ) cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

PARTIAL DEP OK
So far, so good on MOT cleanup


By RONALD LEIR
JERSEY JOURNAL (NJ)
February 7, 2006

The state Department of Environmental Protection has given a partial 
sign-off on the cleanup of the former Military Ocean Terminal in Bayonne.

On Jan. 31, the DEP sent a letter telling the Bayonne Local 
Redevelopment Authority that "no further action" is required for soil 
remediation at the MOT, now known as the Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor.

Getting that approval is crucial for the city's plans to develop the 
430-acre Peninsula as a mixed-use community, expected to generate 
millions in future tax revenue.

But Ken Kloo, an administrator of DEP's Office of Brownfield Re-use, 
said yesterday that the BLRA still needs to do some investigative work 
and come up with a remediation strategy for ground water contamination 
at the former Army base, which juts out from the east side of Route 440 
at 32nd Street.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/index.ssf?/base/news-0/113930747073820.xml&coll=3

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org

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