Abstract
After more than three decades of cleaning up pollution from a long-closed chemical factory now owned by Pfizer, the U.S. EPA has proposed a plan to finish remediating the site. The proposal, announced on May 23, sets out how remaining pollution would be removed from the former American Cyanamid site in Bridgewater Township, N.J. Estimated to cost $74 million to implement, the proposal calls for excavating and removing water from more than 42,000 m3 of soil and clay polluted with acid tars and other chemicals. The cleanup will involve treating about 8.7 million L of contaminated liquid, EPA says. EPA has not given a timeline for the project. Pfizer, which owns the land and is legally liable for cleanup costs, says it’s pleased about the announcement and looks forward to evaluating the details of the proposal. The site was home to a now-demolished plant once owned by the defunct conglomerate
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