A small but concerned group of about 30 residents appeared last night at a public meeting of the Chromium Cleanup Partnership (CCP) to hear an eight-member panel give its update on the progress and plans to remove waste from a 16-acre site at 900 Garfield Avenue and the nearby Berry Lane Park project.
Snowstorm Aftermath: Jersey City residents are still struggling with power line problems and blocked streets in the aftermath of Saturday’s snowstorm. Lincoln Park remains closed and authorities are unsure when it will be safe to reopen. Meanwhile, state and utility officials said they remain on track to get at least 95 percent of those who [...]
Healy Condemns Federal Spectra Report: Mayor Healy yesterday blasted a draft impact statement federal regulators issued last month that states the proposed Spectra Energy natural gas pipeline will have little effect on the area’s environment and on residents’ safety. City Crews Cleaning Up After Storm: Five crews of Jersey City workers, aided by a private [...]
- The Powerhouse: Under a plan recently authorized by the Port Authority, the agency will deed its 55-percent stake in the Powerhouse to Jersey City, the building’s co-owner. Along with a private partner, the Cordish Company of Baltimore, the city plans to redevelop the building into a retail, entertainment and gallery space anchoring the city’s [...]
The chromium site on Garfield Avenue in 2009, before the cleanup began. When workers cleaning up the massive chromium-contaminated site along Garfield Avenue arrived at work this morning, they noticed that potentially contaminated groundwater had been “pushed up” at the corner of Halladay Street and Carteret Avenue, according to site administrator Mike McCabe. The “small [...]
- UEZ: Politicians like Mayor Healy, as well as business owners, are raising the alarm about Gov. Christie’s plan to essentially end the Urban Enterprise Zone program. – Class-Action Chromium Suit: A federal judge has denied Honeywell International’s request that she reconsider her February ruling that allows Jersey City residents to proceed with a class-action [...]
Blood samples collected from residents living near the Garfield Avenue chromium site this February contained no detectable levels of hexavalent chromium — the same result as samples taken before cleanup work began, officials announced last week. The results show that exposure to dangerous toxins has not increased as PPG Industries, the Department of Environmental Protection [...]
By settling a federal lawsuit by an alliance of environmental and community groups, PPG Industries has agreed to strengthen the standards being used to cleanup toxic chromium waste on Garfield Avenue.
U.S. District Court Judge Susan D. Wigenton has ruled that a class-action lawsuit seeking cancer screening and compensation for Jersey City residents who may have been exposed to hexavalent chromium may move forward, denying Honeywell’s attempt to have the suit dismissed. The lawsuit, filed in May of last year, alleges that both Honeywell and PPG [...]
It’ll be take number two this Thursday as representatives from PPG Industries, the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the city — operating as the joint entity known as the Chromium Cleanup Partnership — will brief residents on the progress of the chromium cleanup along Garfield Avenue and discuss measures being taken to protect [...]
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