2007 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: 5 Jul 2007 06:18:10 -0000
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] General Dynamics site, Avenel, New Jersey
 
Health main concern at meeting in Avenel
Mayor says cleanup of Gen. Dynamics site is high priority

BY KATHY CHANG
Woodbridge Sentinel (NJ)
July 3, 2007


WOODBRIDGE - Preliminary tests on the soil around the exterior of the Fifth District Park in Avenel show compounds of polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs], semi-volatile organic compounds, and heavy metals, including arsenic and lead, township officials said last week.

Residents expressed shock when they heard about the chemicals that were found in the exterior of the park.

Township officials along with their independent engineering consultants, Birdsall Engineering Inc., based in Eatontown, and state Department of Environmental Protection officials presented their preliminary findings of 10 sample tests to more than 150 Avenel residents who came to the Avenel Middle School for the second of many meetings to discuss the contamination on the former General Dynamics Corp. site, which is now owned by Joe and Tobey Cohen of Edison, and the surrounding areas on June 27.


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For the entire article, see
http://ws.gmnews.com/news/2007/0703/Front_Page/010.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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