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Council considers deed notice for Hudson County chromate site; Honeywell attorney outlines access agreement
Summary
City staff and Honeywell attorneys presented a resolution to place a deed notice (institutional control) over a chromate-contaminated parcel near the Skyway to prevent disturbance of engineering controls installed under a 2008 settlement.
The council heard a staff presentation and legal briefing on a resolution (Resolution 25-644) authorizing a deed notice — commonly called an institutional control — over a portion of the Hudson County Chromate Site 180A, a property formerly addressed to Honeywell. The deed notice would restrict digging and other actions that could disturb remediation engineering controls.
Drew Banghart, Department of Infrastructure, said the deed-notice area includes a 54-inch-square portion of property near Duffield Avenue under the Skyway on the city’s west side. He said the item is intended to prevent people from digging or otherwise disturbing the engineered cap and controls installed on the site.
Bob Kavanaugh, an attorney with the law firm Waters, McPherson, McNeil, representing Honeywell, explained the deed notice is part of an access agreement from a 2008 settlement related to the Bayfront site. Kavanaugh said the site is industrial, largely a surface parking area over remediation work, and is one of many sites subject to the settlement and access agreement. He said the deed notice would ensure Honeywell and the city are notified before any intrusive activity and would protect the engineering controls in place.
The transcript records the staff briefing and Honeywell’s explanation; no final recorded council vote on the deed notice appears in the excerpt. The resolution was presented for council consideration and staff and Honeywell representatives said the deed notice will formalize the institutional control and the city’s ability to prevent disturbance.
(Ending) Staff invited questions and said they would coordinate with Honeywell and legal counsel to finalize the deed notice language for council action.
