2024年4月10日 · As the federal government nears its final approval of a plan to clean up a severely polluted stretch of the Passaic River in Newark, the company that is leading the cleanup said it is pressing ahead with its plans, regardless of who pays.

2024年10月2日 · The Lower Passaic has borne a heavy burden of pollution from a century of industrialization in the Passaic River Watershed. Manufacturing has left behind layers of dioxin, mercury, PCBs and many other toxic contaminants in the river's sediments.

sediment of the Lower Passaic River poses a significant threat to people’s health and the health of wildlife that live in and along the river. The primary risks are from eating contaminated fish and shellfish from the river. Mercury, PCBs and dioxins are among the major contaminants found in fish and shellfish in the

2024年9月29日 · Regulators with the Environmental Protection Agency say progress is now being made on addressing the toxic Passaic River and nearby contaminated sites — including a factory that once produced...

Pollution on the Passaic River stretches back more than two centuries, but its 20 th century industrial history has left traces of dioxins, pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), heavy metals, and volatile organic compounds in sediments of the Passaic River and surrounding the Diamond Alkali site. Testing in the early 1980s confirmed ...

2022年6月1日 · Research by nonprofit groups and other watchdogs shows that a number of polluters such as the firms primarily responsible for spoiling the Passaic River have successfully exploited bankruptcy laws and government indifference to walk away, paying just pennies on the dollar on their liability.

2022年12月16日 · EPA and DOJ alleged that these 85 parties are responsible for releases of hazardous substances into the Lower Passaic River, contaminating the 17-mile tidal stretch, including the lower 8.3 miles. The proposed consent decree seeks to hold the parties accountable for their share of the total cost of cleaning up this stretch of the river.

One legacy of extensive industrial development along the Passaic River from Paterson to Newark Bay is the extensive pollution of water quality and sediments in the Lower Passaic River from Dundee Dam (between Garfield and Clifton) to the Bay, threatening public health and damaging aquatic ecosystems.

2024年12月20日 · A federal judge approved a consent decree this week that calls for 82 firms responsible for pollution in the lower Passaic River to put $150 million behind cleanup efforts, rejecting a challenge from another alleged polluter that argued the agreement is too lax.

More than 70 facilities have released contaminants, including dioxins/furans, PAHs, PCBs, pesticides, and heavy metals. Although substantial contamination remains, two “hot spots” on the LPR have been addressed: an area at River Mile 3 adjacent to the former Diamond Alkali facility has been dredged, and another at River Mile 10.9 has been capped.