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Egg Harbor City approves DEP grant to investigate Moss Mill Road landfill after resident questions
Summary
Council accepted $120,143.35 in HDSRF funds to pay for a site investigation at the Moss Mill Road landfill. Resident Michelle Madison asked which contaminants are being investigated; city staff said prior work showed primarily household putrescible waste and that results are pending consultant briefings.
At its June 11 meeting, the Egg Harbor City Council voted to accept $120,143.35 in Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund (HDSRF) money from the state Department of Environmental Protection to pay for a site investigation and remedial investigation (SI/RI) at the Moss Mill Road landfill. The resolution passed unanimously among council members present.
Resident Michelle Madison asked the council during the public-comment portion which specific contaminants the grant will fund investigation of. “I want to know what specific contaminants or hazardous conditions are being investigated or remediated under resolution number 18,” Madison said.
City Engineer Ryan responded that the HDSRF award covers investigative work the city has already been pursuing with its environmental consultant, GZA, and that he had requested a briefing from GZA earlier in the day. He said earlier investigations indicated the site contained “primarily household putrescible waste,” and that he had not been told of any specific contaminants that would be of “significant concern” to date.
Ryan stressed that the HDSRF funds will pay for investigation rather than cleanup: the grant is to support testing and reporting to determine whether contamination requiring remediation exists and what the next steps should be. He said the city will know more after the consultant’s update.
Council members did not debate the substance of any remediation plan at the meeting; they approved the funding to allow the investigation to proceed. The acceptance of the HDSRF award ensures the city has financial resources to pursue testing and to document any findings required by DEP processes.
Next steps: Ryan said he had asked GZA for an update briefing; the council did not set a public presentation date for the consultant’s report at the meeting. The investigation’s results, and any recommendations for remediation, will be subject to future council discussion and public disclosure.
