Excavation of Contaminated Soil, Concrete Begins at Former Garfield’s E.C. Electroplating Plant
The work started Wednesday, said coordinator Donald Graham of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which is handling the cleanup of the Clark Street site. He hopes to have the work completed by March.
The excavation is the next phase in the cleanup of the E.C. Electroplating site, where more than 3 tons of hexavalent chromium spilled into the ground in 1983. Even though only 30 percent of the cancer-causing material was recovered from the spill, the state Department of Environmental Protection allowed cleanup efforts to halt in 1985. The chromium has since spread across the southwestern corner of the city, with dangerous levels detected in the basements of several homes and businesses, and has migrated below the Passaic River into the city of Passaic. EPA officials have said that the contamination does not pose a threat to Passaic residents.
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The work started Wednesday, said coordinator Donald Graham of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which is handling the cleanup of the Clark Street site. He hopes to have the work completed by March.
The excavation is the next phase in the cleanup of the E.C. Electroplating site, where more than 3 tons of hexavalent chromium spilled into the ground in 1983. Even though only 30 percent of the cancer-causing material was recovered from the spill, the state Department of Environmental Protection allowed cleanup efforts to halt in 1985. The chromium has since spread across the southwestern corner of the city, with dangerous levels detected in the basements of several homes and businesses, and has migrated below the Passaic River into the city of Passaic. EPA officials have said that the contamination does not pose a threat to Passaic residents.
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