US: Food to feed producer cited in pollution lawsuits brought by state of New Jersey The New Jersey Attorney General s Office and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) are citing several companies for incidents of alleged illegal dumping and pollution.
The lawsuits, announced yesterday [May 10] are aimed at holding the alleged polluters accountable for violation of environmental regulations and hurting communities.
The state’s AG and the DEP said the complaints involve a broad range of alleged environmental abuses by the responsible parties, including the releases of chemical and food waste contaminants into stormwater drains and, ultimately, surface bodies of water, among other pollutants.
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Lawsuit filed against Secaucus business
Suit alleges Wilenta Feed, Inc. violated the state’s Water Pollution Control Act ×
Wilenta Feed Inc. at 46 Henry Street in Secaucus, via Google Maps.
Attorney General Gurbir Grewal and Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Acting Commissioner Shawn LaTourette have announced the filing of nine new environmental enforcement actions, including seven to hold polluters accountable for contamination in environmentally overburdened communities.
Seven lawsuits address pollution in Secaucus, Kearny, Camden, Trenton, Edison, Bridgeton and Egg Harbor City. Two cases are based in Butler and Vineland.
The complaints involve a broad range of alleged environmental abuses by the defendant property owners and other responsible parties. They include illegal dumping that allowed massive quantities of contaminated soil, construction and demolition debris, along with contaminated tires and other refuse, to accumulate
Environmental lawsuits filed against Secaucus business, Kearny property
Updated May 10, 2021;
Posted May 10, 2021
Wilenta Feed in Secaucus has been sued by the state Attorney General s Office for alleged violations of the State’s Water Pollution Control Act. (NJ Attorney General s Office photo)EJA
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The state Attorney General’s Office has filed environmental lawsuits against a property owner in Kearny, a Secaucus business and seven other site across the state, authorities announced Monday.
Lawsuits were filed in seven of the nine cases, in the “overburdened communities” of Camden, Trenton, Kearny, Secaucus, Edison, Bridgeton and Egg Harbor City. The two additional cases are based in Butler and Vineland.
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Environmental engineering firm Brown and Caldwell (Walnut Creek, Calif.) has been granted funding from The Water Research Foundation (WRF) to study the fate of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) through sewage sludge incineration.
Thermal treatment of PFAS-laden wastewater solids through sewage sludge incinerators (SSIs) offers a potential PFAS control strategy; however, with few published research studies available, the ability of SSIs to fully mineralize PFAS is unknown.
Photo Credit: Brown and Caldwell
To this end, a research team led by co-principal investigators Lloyd Winchell (Brown and Caldwell) and Dr. Detlef Knappe (North Carolina State University) has been awarded a $100,000 grant from WRF through its Tailored Collaboration Program to support utility-specific/regional issues. The study aims to explain the fate of PFAS compounds through SSIs and provide utilities with an indication of the extent to which SSIs can eliminate or r
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