USA: EPA Schedules Meetings on Passaic River Dredging

EPA Schedules Meetings on Passaic River Dredging

On April 11, 2014, at Newark Riverfront Park’s Orange Boardwalk, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced its long-awaited cleanup plan for the lower eight miles of the Passaic River.

The proposal includes bank-to-bank dredging of the river and the removal of 4.3 million cubic yards of contaminated sediment. As per Superfund law, the clean-up will be funded by the companies responsible for the pollution. Newarkers and others have advocated for the river clean-up for decades; this announcement brings the dream of a clean, safe, and healthy river another step closer to reality.

On Wednesday, May 7, EPA held the first of three public hearings on the proposed clean-up of the Passaic River.

The other two are scheduled as follows:

– May 21, 2014, at 6:00 P.M. at Franklin School, 100 Davis Avenue, Kearny, NJ 07032;

– June 2014, Belleville, NJ, (specific date and location to be determined).

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Press Release, May 8, 2014