Tag: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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On The Road 6/17: 2022 Mazda CX-5 Turbo Signature
By Peter Perrotta The two-row, five seat compact crossover/SUV segment is a very crowded and competitive field these days. Just look around you next time you are in traffic and you’ll see what I mean. VW has the Tiguan, Kia the Sportage, Hyundai has the Tuscon and Honda has the popular CR-V just to name…
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Middlesex Water Company addresses drinking water notice; reports ‘no immediate threat’
WOODBRIDGE – It is safe for customers to use water received from the Middlesex Water Company’s Park Avenue treatment plant in South Plainfield. That is what Dennis Doll, the president and chief executive officer of the company, said he can’t stress enough at the first of several meetings held to address a drinking water notice…
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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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Pennington student wins EPA Sustainability Award
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Charlotte Michaluk, a freshman at Hopewell Valley Central High School in Pennington, was selected as honorable mention for the agency’s Patrick H. Hurd Sustainability Award. During the 2021 virtual Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), Charlotte’s project titled “Innovative Climate Change Emissions Reduction: The Cargo Ship…
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Edison Council supports renaming Dismal Swamp Conservation Area in honor of Peter J. Barnes III
EDISON – Peter J. Barnes III was instrumental in preserving hundreds of acres of land in the township including the approximately 660 acres of the Dismal Swamp Conservation Area. With that, the Edison Township Council approved a resolution recommending the renaming of the Dismal Swamp Conservation Area (DSCA) to the Peter J. Barnes III Preservation…
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EPA finalizes change to cleanup plan for Imperial Oil Superfund site in Marlboro
MARLBORO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized a change to its September 1992 plan to address groundwater contamination at the Imperial Oil Co. Inc./Champion Chemical federal Superfund site off Tennent Road near Route 79 in the Morganville section of Marlboro. Groundwater data collected since the remedy for site soils was completed at…
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EPA proposes change to cleanup plan at Imperial Oil Superfund site
MARLBORO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a change to its plan to address groundwater contamination at the Imperial Oil Superfund Site in the Morganville section of Marlboro. In a press release issued on July 28, the EPA said data collected since the original cleanup plan was selected in 1992 indicate that…
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Learn about the EPA during a meeting in Edison on March 6
SENSE (Student Environmental Network for a Sustainable Earth) will hold its next meeting from 7-9 p.m. on March 6 in the council chambers of the Edison Municipal Building, second floor, 100 Municipal Blvd., Edison. All area residents are invited to attend, Guest speakers will include Pat Seppi, community liaison for the Office of Public Affairs, and…
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Marlboro council awards contract for drainage upgrades
MARLBORO – With an eye on making infrastructure improvements in the community, the Township Council has awarded a contract to a western Monmouth County firm for Marlboro’s 2017 drainage improvement program. During a meeting on Nov. 2, the council awarded a $130,345 contract to R. Moslowski Excavating Inc., of the Cream Ridge section of Upper…