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EPA Must Scrap Flawed Passaic River Cleanup & Protect Public Health agent orange environmental protection agency epa epa cag harrison nj harrison path passaic river pseg Aug 13, 2025

The August 11, 2025, virtual meeting of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Community Advisory Group (CAG) drew a strong turnout from Harrison residents, who made it clear in the Zoom chat: the EPA’s current cleanup plan for the Passaic River is dangerously outdated and unacceptable.

The plan—cen...

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EPA to Host Community Meetings On Toxic Dioxin Laden Sludge alice yeh drew curtis environmental protection agency epa epa cag harrison nj mayor james fife the waterfront toxic sludge toxic sludge plant Mar 26, 2025

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a community meeting scheduled for Tuesday, April 8, 2025, to discuss ongoing and future activities for the Lower 8 Miles of the Passaic River and the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site and the Newark Riverside Industrial Park. The meeting will take ...

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EPA Community Meeting on Toxic Sludge Plan Set for Dec. 12, 2024 environmental protection agency epa epa cag harrison nj james doran mayor & council mayor james fife pseg toxic sludge toxic sludge plant Dec 02, 2024

The Passaic River Community Advisory Group (CAG) will hold a public meeting on Thursday, December 12, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. via Zoom, to discuss the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) controversial plan to remove and process toxic dioxin-laden sludge from the Passaic River. The meeting will includ...

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