Tag: National Lead
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EPA assumes cleanup of Raritan Bay Slag Superfund Site
By ALAN KARMIN Correspondent The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken over the cleanup of the Raritan Bay Slag Superfund Site along the Laurence Harbor Beach from NL Industries. “NL industries has failed in their commitment to cleanup the site,” Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-6) said during a livestreamed press conference from Old…
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National Lead files complaint against Sayreville over housing agreement
SAYREVILLE – The owner and developer of an affordable housing project in Sayreville are taking legal action against the borough. National Lead Industries, Inc. and Rocville, LLC filed a complaint in New Jersey Superior Court against the Borough of Sayreville and the Sayreville Planning Board concerning a 2018 settlement agreement between the parties. Submitted in…
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Sayreville establishes new affordable housing districts
SAYREVILLE – As part of an affordable housing obligation to the state, the Sayreville Borough Council has allowed the creation of developments with affordable units to move forward while requiring the developments have fewer market rate units than were originally proposed. On May 13, council members adopted two separate ordinances that amended an existing ordinance…
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Sayreville officials question survey regarding Riverton project
SAYREVILLE – Officials in Sayreville are requesting that residents disregard a survey about an ongoing $2.5 billion mixed-use development, which they believe is intended to create opposition to the project. The survey, which was distributed to residents in late 2018, focuses on Riverton, a mixed-use project being developed in the borough alongside the Raritan River…
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Sayreville passes resolutions related to affordable housing
SAYREVILLE – The Sayreville Borough Council has taken action to assist in the development of properties intended to help the borough meet its affordable housing obligations. On Oct. 9, the council passed four separate resolutions that authorized the execution of the addendum to the settlement agreement between Sayreville and K-Land Corp. (Kaplan Properties); authorized Borough…
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Sayreville to continue talks about housing on National Lead site
SAYREVILLE – An ordinance that will allow the creation of a development that will help Sayreville meet its affordable housing obligations, but which has been a source of concern for residents near the planned development, has been tabled by the Borough Council. If adopted, the ordinance will permit the development of a multi-family dwelling on…
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Judge overrules housing decision in Sayreville
SAYREVILLE – The Sayreville Borough Council’s rejection of two ordinances intended to assist Sayreville in reaching its necessary amount of affordable units has been overruled by a New Jersey Superior Court judge. At a meeting on Sept. 25, the council voted 5-1 to deny an ordinance that will amend the borough’s affordable housing ordinance, and…
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Sayreville affordable housing ordinances introduced
SAYREVILLE – Two ordinances intended to assist Sayreville in reaching its necessary amount of affordable units have been introduced by the Borough Council. The council voted 5-1 to re-introduce an ordinance during its Sept. 11 meeting that will amend the borough’s affordable housing ordinance, and voted to introduce an ordinance that will permit projects that…
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Sayreville to review affordable housing ordinance
SAYREVILLE – Two ordinances intended to assist Sayreville in reaching its necessary amount of affordable units are scheduled to be introduced by the Borough Council on Sept. 11. An ordinance that will amend the borough’s affordable housing ordinance and an ordinance that will permit projects that have affordable units in their zone were considered by…