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DEP presents Brownfield success map showing $28M in remediation grants and landfill redevelopment plans
Summary
DEP and borough officials showcased an interactive story map highlighting Somerville’s Brownfield Development Area, approximately $28 million in hazardous-discharge remediation funding used across projects, a $12.5 million green-seam cleanup, and plans to cap remaining landfill sections and add a solar array pending approvals.
The Borough of Somerville on Feb. 17 heard a presentation from New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection officials and borough partners on a multi-decade brownfield remediation effort that officials say returned contaminated landfill property to productive use.
Ron Wankoski of the DEP’s Brownfield Reuse office told the council the department has supported remediation in Somerville and other municipalities with roughly $28,000,000 in hazardous-discharge remediation grants used for about 10–11 sites in the Brownfield Development Area (BDA). "This…
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