EPA to Make Major Announcement about Raritan Bay Superfund Site

EPA Press Release:

EPA to Make Major Announcement about Raritan Bay Superfund Site

At Laurence Harbor

Contact: Elias Rodriguez, 212-637-3664 office, 732-672-5520 cell,rodriguez.elias@epa.gov

(New York, NY – May 23, 2013) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck will be joined by Congressmember Frank Pallone and Old Bridge Mayor Owen Henry to a major announcement about the cleanup of lead contamination at the Raritan Bay Slag Superfund site in Old Bridge and Sayreville, New Jersey. The Raritan Bay Slag site was significantly impacted by Hurricane Sandy, but work to address those impacts is under way and has not altered EPA’s plans for an overall cleanup at the site.

What:       Raritan Bay Slag Superfund site announcement 

Who:        Judith A. Enck, EPA Regional Administrator

                 Congressmember Frank Pallone

                 Old Bridge Mayor Owen Henry

When/Where:

                 Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at 11:30 am

                 Beach front at 1 Laurence Parkway, Laurence Harbor, NJ

                 (Venue is located behind Hoffman’s deli/pharmacy)

                 Rain location: Recreation Center at the same location.

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