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Ridgewood officials present excavation plan for Schedler property after tests find PAHs, lead and mercury
Summary
Consultants told residents a DEP-reviewed plan would excavate contaminated imported fill at the Schedler property after sampling found PAHs, lead and mercury; the plan is pending NJDEP sign-off, bid documents will be issued and work could start in January with perimeter air monitoring and truck-route controls.
Consultants for the Village of Ridgewood told residents Wednesday that a remediation plan to remove contaminated fill from the Schedler property has been submitted to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and could move to bids this winter.
Matrix New World Engineering environmental scientist Melissa Fiore said the team’s initial work included 14 samples from the berm and a grid sampling program across the site that identified benzopyrene and benzo[a]anthracene (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons), mercury and lead in exceedance of DEP screening levels. "We collected 14 soil samples throughout the berm on the interior at varying depths," Fiore said during the meeting, and then used grid sampling to locate areas requiring further delineation.
The work Pitterisi described as overseen by NJDEP’s Bureau of Solid Waste…
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