Epa Region Ii Dismisses Advisors' Concerns With Passaic River Study

摘要

EPA Region II is dismissing suggestions from an EPA headquarters advisory panel that recommended holding back on the cleanup of a highly polluted New Jersey river, saying more study needs to be done to determine the source of the river's contamination. EPA Region II in a May 6 memo formally replied to EPA's Contaminated Sediments Technical Advisory Group (CSTAG), dismissing the advisory panel's concerns over the region's analysis of remedial options for the Lower Passaic River in New Jersey. The region is backing its position with a sediment contamination study it undertook while the CSTAG review was underway. The region says the new study answers many of the concerns CSTAG had while reviewing the region's Focused Feasibility Study (FFS)-a study the regional office undertook to compare remediation options for a portion of the Passaic. CSTAG is an EPA headquarters advisory panel of scientists and engineers who monitor and advise on the progress of selected Superfund sites with more specialized needs than most other sites.