SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ-The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its $24-million cleanup plan at the Woodbrook Road Dump Superfund site here.
The agency held a hearing on August 26 and took public comment for 30 days thereafter. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) contamination caused by the dumping of old electrical capacitors at the property will be remediated at the site, according to the Star-Ledger.
The Woodbrook Superfund site was used as a dump in the 1940s and 1950s for industrial and household waste. The state of New Jersey shut it down in 1958.
"The EPA plan will advance a comprehensive cleanup of this site, which is in the vicinity of the Dismal Swamp - a natural wildlife refuge and an important wetland," said EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck. "Under the EPA plan, over 100,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil will be removed from the site to protect this natural resource and the environment." See story in the Star-Ledger.
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