Share/Save At a public meeting Thursday, the Chromium Cleanup Partnership says it will unveil “a comprehensive program designed to protect public health activities” while the cleanup of toxic hexavalent chromium on Garfield Avenue begins this summer. The partnership is the umbrella name given to PPG Industries, Jersey City and the state Department of Environmental Protection, [...]
Share/Save- High School Sports Axed at County Tech: As part of the Hudson County Schools of Technology’s $45.7 budget passed late last week, the entire athletics departments at County Prep in Jersey City and High Tech High School in North Bergen have been eliminated. – JC Trying to Get Out of Water Deal: In the [...]
Share/SavePPG Industries will present its proposed work plans for the initial cleanup at the Garfield Avenue chromium site, as well as how it plans to protect the public’s health during the process, at a public meeting Monday evening. The company, fresh off losing a legal battle to dismiss a federal lawsuit calling for a more [...]
In a ruling handed down Friday, U.S. District Judge Joseph Greenaway said that a coalition of local groups and environmentalists can continue a federal lawsuit to push for stricter cleanup of chromium contamination in Jersey City than the cleanup called for in last year’s multi-party settlement and consent judgment.
Share/Save Do you live within 400 feet of one of PPG’s chromium-contaminated sites in Jersey City? (Not sure? Check the sites here.) Are you worries about chromium contamination in your home? If so, you should head to Thursday’s workshop being put together by the city, the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and PPG (known [...]
Share/Save Workers will use a drill rig mounted to a pickup truck to collect soil samples at the chromium-contaminated site on Garfield Avenue today, weather permitting. The work is expected to take one day only. The samples will be taken from about four feet below the ground, and then a New Jersey-certified lab will analyze [...]
Share/Save Officials have confirmed a meeting next Thursday, Dec. 17, to discuss potential health studies in the chromium-polluted areas being cleaned up under a settlement between the city, the state and PPG Industries. Site administrator Mike McCabe says he is currently reviewing chromium-related health studies and consulting with experts to determine whether or not to [...]
Share/SaveEditor’s note: There will be no News Roundup tomorrow; we will return Friday morning. Enjoy your holiday. – Mike McCabe, the court-appointed site administrator, detailed the master plan for cleaning up a number of chromium-contaminated sites Monday night during the first public meeting of the Chromium Cleanup Partnership. – Jersey City Medical Center has begun [...]
Share/Save Residents will get a chance tonight to come out and hear what court-appointed site administrator Mike McCabe has planned for the cleanup of a handful of chromium-contaminated sites in Jersey City — most notably the large property at 880-900 Garfield Avenue, where PPG Industries processed chromite ore until 1963. The meeting is the first [...]
Share/Save- The Jersey City political scandal du jour continues to twist and turn in new ways. Ward C councilwoman Nidia Rivera Lopez, whose Jersey City residency is being challenged by losing opponent Jimmy King, did not receive a New Jersey driver’s license until June 15. In our eyes, this by itself is no big deal. [...]
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