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SUMMARY:Healing the Lower Passaic: Diamond Alkali Superfund Cleanup Update
DESCRIPTION:David Kluesner\, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 team leader for community affairs\, returns to provide an update on plans for the remediation of hazardous pollution along the last eight miles of the Passaic River. \nA continental breakfast will be served beginning at 8 a.m. \nBackground\nOn April 11\, 2014 — within 48 hours of David’s last appearance at a GSWA Breakfast Briefing — EPA Region 2 Administrator Judith Enck held a press conference announcing the Agency’s draft plan for addressing contamination along the Lower Passaic. Stretching eight miles from Belleville to Newark Bay\, this section of river forms part of the Diamond Alkali Superfund site centered around Newark’s Ironbound district. \nFor more than 30 years in mid-20th century\, Diamond Alkali and other chemical manufacturers used the Passaic River near Lister Avenue in Newark as a dumping ground for hazardous waste products such as PCBs\, dioxins\, pesticides\, and mercury. Embedded in layers of river sediment\, tides and currents quickly began spreading these dangerous substances up and down the Passaic from Dundee Dam in Garfield to the river mouth on Newark Bay. \nAs local chemical manufacturers came and went\, an environmental disaster brewed beneath Passaic waters and inside the Ironbound. Residents and government officials remained unaware of any danger until a disturbing finding made by the New Jersey Department of Environmental (NJDEP) in 1983 prompted then-governor Thomas H. Kean to place the entire region in a state of emergency. Within a year\, the EPA had added the Diamond Alkali manufacturing plant on Lister Avenue\, as well as the last 17 miles of the Passaic River to its Superfund list. \nOn April 11\, 2014 — more than 30 years after that Superfund designation – the EPA finally released a draft plan for dealing with contaminated river sediment associated with Diamond Alkali site. Focused on sediments along the last eight miles of the Passaic River\, the plan proposes bank-to-bank dredging of 4.3 million cubic yards of contaminated sediment\, and suggests several alternatives for sediment disposal and capping of any remaining pollution. (Plans for addressing contaminated sediment on the remaining nine miles of river northwest of Belleville have yet to be proposed. \nPublic comments on the proposed remediation plan for the last eight miles of the Passaic were collected through August 20\, 2014. The EPA is reviewing those comments in preparation for the release of a final remediation plan. \nPlanned for this Briefing\nMr. Kluesner will help us understand what has happened to the proposed remediation plan since the public comment period closed in August\, when we can expect a finalized plan\, and what other considerations\, beyond public commentary\, will factor into it.
URL:https://www.greatswamp.org/event/healing-lower-passaic-diamond-alkali-superfund-cleanup-update/
LOCATION:Great Swamp Watershed Association HQ\, 568 Tempe Wick Rd\, Morristown\, NJ\, 07960\, United States
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SUMMARY:Jockey Hollow Explorers: Natural History Hike
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a late-spring hike with the Great Swamp Watershed Association’s (GSWA) Director of Education & Outreach Hazel England. Hazel will guide you through all of the important landscape features that soldiers in George Washington’s Continental Army would have experienced during the brutal winter of 1779-80. She’ll also tell you about some of the drastic environmental changes wrought throughout the encampment area since colonial times. \nHazel England\, GSWA’s Director of Education & Outreach\, teaches Sara Kuzhikandathil how to hold an eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina). Credit: GSWA/S. ReynoldsWildlife\, plants\, and other natural treasures abound on this journey\, so don’t miss out on all you can learn from Hazel’s encyclopedic knowledge of the outdoors. \nInterested adults and families with children are encouraged attend. \nSpace is limited\, so advance registration is strongly suggested. \nWhat to Bring: Conditions may be hot\, cold\, muddy\, or wet\, so please dress for the weather. Sturdy outdoor footwear is strongly recommended. Field guides\, binoculars\, snack\, and water (in a reusable water bottle) are welcome. This is a leave-no-trace event. \nAbility Level: This is an easy hike over level ground and pavement suitable for all ages and skill levels. Strollers are not recommended. \nRescheduling & Cancelations: All events are subject to change or cancellation without notice; however\, we will try to contact pre-registered participants via e-mail or telephone when problems arise. In the event of inclement weather\, cancelation and rescheduling notices will be posted to our Event Information Hotline at 973-538-3500 x22. Please note that GSWA’s phone lines are not staffed on weekends or after 5:00 p.m. on weekdays.
URL:https://www.greatswamp.org/event/jockey-hollow-explorers-natural-history-hike/
LOCATION:Visitor Center\, Morristown National Historical Park\, 600 Tempe Wick Road\, Morristown\, New Jersey\, 07960
CATEGORIES:Outdoor Events
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