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EDGEWATER -- The federal Environmental Protection Agency intends to cap the contamination at the Quanta Resources site on River Road by capturing toxic chemicals in the soil and groundwater into solid blocks, agency representatives told residents Tuesday night.
The agency will leave alone a neighboring property, 115 River Road, which also sits atop contaminated soil, for now and has the option to revisit that decision in the future, said John Prince, the EPA's section chief for New Jersey remediation. That adjacent commercial building contains about 50 or 60 small businesses, including a day-care center.See the full content of this document
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Epa Explains Toxic Cleanup Plan
The agency is acting now because tests have found cancer risks or non-cancer hazards, such as neurological damage, "exceeding EPA's acceptance levels for at least one" group...
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