Contamination Sinks Plan for School ; Paterson District Chief Dismissed First Site Report

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › February 17, 2004

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PATERSON - Environmental testers have determined that the site of a former paint manufacturer is a poor spot for an elementary school, scuttling plans that have already cost the Paterson school district hundreds of thousands of dollars.

In a report commissioned by the New Jersey Schools Construction Corp., researchers conclude that the site of the former Spectrachem Corp. on Sheridan Avenue is so contaminated that cleaning it would be prohibitively difficult and time-consuming. The conclusion: Find another spot to build.

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Contamination Sinks Plan for School ; Paterson District Chief Dismissed First Site Report

But officials in the district, which is committed to spending an additional $600,000 to lease the site during the next two years, were slow to agree that the building and grounds are no place for chil...

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