EPA Extends Public Comment Period on Cleanup Plan for Maywood Chemical Company Superfund Site in Maywood and Rochelle Park, New Jersey

EPA Press Release:

EPA Extends Public Comment Period on Cleanup Plan for

Maywood Chemical Company Superfund Site in Maywood and Rochelle Park, New Jersey

Contact: Elias Rodriguez, (212) 637-3664, rodriguez.elias@epa.gov

(New York, N.Y. – September 18, 2013) On August 23, 2013, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposed cleanup plan to address contaminated soil at the Maywood Chemical Company Superfund site in Maywood and Rochelle Park, New Jersey. Previous industrial activity at the site resulted in contamination of the soil and ground water with volatile organic compounds, radioactive waste and metals. The EPA proposal calls for a combination of removing and treating contaminated soil. The EPA held a public meeting on September 9, 2013 to explain the proposed plan.

The agency is extending the public comment period, which was set to end on September 23 to a new deadline for public comments of October 22.

Written comments may be mailed or emailed to:
Betsy Donovan
Remedial Project Manager
290 Broadway, 19th Floor
New York, New York 10007-1866
(212) 637-4369 donovan.betsy@epa.gov

To review the plan for the Maywood Chemical Company Superfund site, please visit:http://epa.gov/region02/superfund/npl/maywood.

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