- 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 [...]
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 [...]
Residents interested in the latest developments regarding PPG Industries’ chromium cleanup along Garfield Avenue are being invited to a public meeting about the issue this Thursday. Representatives from PPG, the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the city — operating as the joint entity known as the Chromium Cleanup Partnership — will brief residents [...]
As part of PPG Industries’ community outreach in Jersey City surrounding its cleanup of chromium-contaminated sites, it offers a professional paint-training school for Jersey City residents. The next class begins in early February, and open houses for those interested begin this weekend. The free class is aimed at helping low- and moderate-income Jersey City residents [...]
PPG Industries has now agreed to excavate and remove an estimated 708,000 tons of chromium waste and contaminated soil from Garfield Avenue, the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Jersey City announced today.
As part of PPG Industries’ community outreach in Jersey City surrounding its cleanup of chromium-contaminated sites, it offers a professional paint-training school for Jersey City residents. This fall’s class begins next month, and open houses for those interested begin this weekend. The free class is aimed at helping low- and moderate-income Jersey City residents obtain [...]
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