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In September 2016, $7 million of federal funding was awarded to the region. The Superfund State Contract was signed in July 2016. Field work officially began in November 2016. Partial site cleanup was completed in late fall of 2017. [16] In 2021, dissatisfied with the progress of the cleanup, the EPA took over control of the site.
In New Jersey, the Department of Environmental Protection's (NJDEP) Site Remediation Program oversees the Superfund program. As of 16 August 2024, there are 115 Superfund sites listed on the National Priorities List (NPL). Thirty-six additional sites have been cleaned up and deleted from the list.
The syringe tide was an environmental disaster during 1987–88 in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York where significant amounts of medical waste, including hypodermic syringes, and raw garbage washed up onto beaches on the Jersey Shore, in New York City, and on Long Island. This forced the closing of beaches on the Atlantic coast. [1]
The cleanup runs from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at 1576 S. Ocean Blvd. Supplies will be provided, but wear closed-toe shoes. Beach cleanup set for Saturday along South Ocean Boulevard in Palm Beach ...
New Jersey's Shore was filled with a large amount of trash that resulted in the closing of their beaches and being known as one of the largest ocean-dumping sites in 1984. [ 3 ] [ 6 ] After several concerns took place regarding the rise of trash on the site, Clean Action Ocean was established to help educate, advocate, and take action on ...
An influencer has been exposed for filming herself cleaning up a beach and then leaving trash bags behind. TikTok user @TheSocialJoker posted a video he received from a friend who filmed a content ...
The state of New Jersey initiated cleanup efforts through Peabody Coastal Services and from funding by the New Jersey Spill Compensation Fund after the site was condemned in 1979. [2] The 1980 fire at Chemical Control resulted in national intervention as a result of the magnitude of contamination that effected both the state of New Jersey and ...
The Memorial Tree at the 34th Street beach in Ocean City, New Jersey, invites visitors to leave messages and remembrances of lost loved ones on seashells and in a Letters to Heaven box.