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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, 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.
MAP: Where water systems reported PFAS contamination This map shows water systems included in the EPA’s PFAS testing records, as of July 11, 2024. It’s based on boundaries developed by ...
Of the 66,000 public drinking water systems impacted by the new standards, the EPA estimates that between 4,100 and 6,700 will eventually have to take action to reduce PFAS contamination.
Later in 2020, the New Jersey state attorney general filed suit in the New Jersey Superior Court against Solvay regarding PFAS contamination of the state's environment. [190] In May 2021, Solvay issued a press release that the company is "discontinuing the use of fluorosurfactants in the U.S.".
Interactive map of municipalities in New Jersey. New Jersey is a state located in the Northeastern United States . According to the 2020 United States Census , New Jersey is the 11th most populous state with 9,288,994 inhabitants but the fifth smallest by land area , spanning 7,354.76 square miles (19,048.7 km 2 ). [ 1 ]
Among the places where data is available, USA TODAY’s analysis shows large cities have exceeded PFAS limits at higher rates than smaller places. About a third of water systems serving over ...
Early 2018 Department of Health & Human Services's Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) was about to publish its assessment of PFAS chemicals, with a focus on two specific chemicals from the PFAS class—PFOA and PFOS—that have "contaminated water supplies near military bases, chemical plants and other sites from New York ...
Joint Base Cape Cod, towns and PFAS. A large PFAS plume originating from the Otis Air National Guard Base portion of the base has been spreading through the groundwater, down-gradient toward North ...