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The Hackensack Riverkeepers, a non-profit organization, first petitioned the EPA to consider assigning the Hackensack River Superfund status in February 2015.
The move begins a long legal road that advocates hope will end with a legacy of industrial contamination being removed from the recovering waterway.
Despite decades of pollution, the lower Hackensack River is still a vibrant, recovering waterway flowing 23 miles from Oradell Dam to Newark Bay.
Hackensack River could be cleaned up as a Superfund site The Route 3 bridge spans the Hackensack River in Secaucus, N.J., Jan. 22, 2015. (AP File Photo) SECAUCUS, N.J. - New Jersey is moving ahead with a plan to get federal help to clean up the lower Hackensack River's toxic sediment, which is a remnant of the state's industrial past. Gov. Phil Murphy's administration is seeking placement of the 23-mile section of the river on the federal government's list of Superfund toxic sites, according to state Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn LaTourette. If the U.S. Enviro...