[CPEO-BIF] Macopin Middle School, West Milford, New Jersey

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

DEP investigating school board for alleged contamination

BY DAVID M. ZIMMER
Suburban Trends (NJ)
September 10, 2010

School board officials authorized testing of the water in several wells 
around the high school complex this past week, acting on concerns 
regarding contaminated soil stockpiled behind Macopin Middle School.

The site, approximately 550 feet behind the middle school, allegedly 
contains cinder as well as asphalt and concrete millings, according 
state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) press officer 
Lawrence Hajna. The dust from asphalt millings may contain unacceptable 
levels of known carcinogens, which pose a health risk through inhalation 
or consumption, according to DEP documents.

Although Hajna said no immediate action needs to be taken to remediate 
the site, school board members cited the possibility of recent on 
site-disturbances from off-road vehicles and the potential for leaching 
in their decision to call for tests for the three wells near the 
contamination site, barring the discovery of suitable tests already on 
record.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.northjersey.com/news/102504814_DEP_to_sample_several_school_district_wells_.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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