2013 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 15:58:46 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] DuPont Appeals Clean Up Permit for Pompton Lake, New Jersey
 
DuPont Appeals Clean Up Permit for Pompton Lake
Permit outlines remediation strategies for cleaning up the lake. DuPont says parts of the permit are inconsistent with existing EPA procedures.

By Daniel Hubbard
Wayne Patch (NJ)
February 3, 2013

DuPont is appealing the clean up process of Pompton Lake because it claims the requirements it must adhere to are "inconsistent" with established remediation procedures.

Specifically, DuPont is appealing the final clean up permit the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the company in December 2012. The 30-page appeal was filed with the EPA’s Environmental Protection Agency Friday.

"The final permit has open-ended remediation requirements that are based on undetermined cleanup obligations," said Bob Nelson, a DuPont spokesperson.

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For the entire article, see
http://wayne.patch.com/articles/dupont-appeals-epa-permit? ncid=newsltuspatc00000001

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