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In New Jersey, the Department of Environmental Protection's (NJDEP) Site Remediation Program oversees the Superfund program. As of 16 August 2024 [update] , there are 115 Superfund sites listed on the National Priorities List (NPL).
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is a government agency in the U.S. state of New Jersey that is responsible for managing the state's natural resources and addressing issues related to pollution. NJDEP now has a staff of approximately 2,850.
New Jersey's implementation of the federal Clean Air Act is summarized in the State Implementation Plan. This provides a list of the laws, regulations, and other documents that demonstrate to the satisfaction of the EPA that the state's air pollution control laws and programs are sufficient to satisfy the requirements of federal law.
Bog Creek Farm, located in Howell Township, New Jersey, is a designated Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund site.Lying on 12 acres of land, Bog Creek Farm is home to several hazardous and life-threatening contamination beginning in 1973 and continuing for a year.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) investigated the area and found large concentrations of metals to be dangerous to human health. The NJDEP called the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to investigate the area further, which resulted in some of the slag being physically removed and the toxic areas ...
Immediately after discovery of the improper containers, the EPA and state of New Jersey began a surface contamination cleanup where they removed over 1,000 contaminated drums, vats, tanks, laboratory-size containers and other vessels from 1990 to April 1993. Next, the EPA began the demolition of on-site buildings and the remediation of on-site ...
The company is blamed for contaminating Perth Amboy, New Jersey’s water supply, but still has not cleaned it up. The EPA has claimed to have assumed procedural changes to expedite cleanups as stated by the state news service from the New York Times, including stricter supervision of contracted clean up companies and more emphasis on public ...
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) first intervened to oversee the clean up, but requested the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to investigate in 2002. In September of 2011, the site of the E.C Electroplating facility and the surrounding contaminated area was added to the National Priorities List (NPL).