[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "New Jersey orders five companies to pay millions to fund PFAS cleanup"

[Lenny Siegel]

New Jersey orders five companies to pay millions to fund PFAS cleanup

by Justine McDaniel and Laura McCrystal
Philadelphia Inquirer
March 25, 2019

New Jersey ordered five companies to fund the cleanup of chemicals used at manufacturing sites that contaminated drinking water, the state Department of Environmental Protection announced Monday - massive effort that could cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

The state launched an effort Monday to hold the companies - 3M, DuPont, DowDuPont, Chemours, and Solvay - accountable for pollution with PFAS chemicals under the state’s Spill Act and other environmental laws.

The DEP’s directive requires the companies to turn over detailed accounts of their use of the chemicals in New Jersey within 21 days. State officials will estimate future cleanup costs at a meeting with the companies in the next month. The state has already spent more than $3 million to investigate and clean up contamination surrounding Solvay’s West Deptford site, officials said, which it is now asking Solvay to repay.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.philly.com/news/drinking-water-toxins-pfas-dow-dupont-cleanup-chemicals-20190325.html?fbclid=IwAR0zqBsfoJONyan08kIvqokSVVNRG3IT3EOHVJ5-Az8S3FaprdW_4Tdif7w

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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