New Jersey state officials and members of the Ramapough Lenape Nation hope a new environmental lawsuit will provide compensation for natural resources destroyed by a Ford Motor Co. dumping site.
“This lawsuit is not about harm to the people,” LaTourrette said. “It’s about harm to the people’s“The state of New Jersey says that they will sue for whatever is legally allowable,” Mann said. “I don't know that there's a limit.”
Judy Zelikoff, a toxicology professor and researcher from NYU's Department of Environmental Medicine has been studying the area since 2013.Judy Zelikoff, a toxicology professor and researcher from NYU's Department of Environmental Medicine has been studying the area since 2013.A woman who lives near the old mine told Gothamist she grew up playing on the site that the EPA has now fenced off.
The EPA didn’t list Ringwood Mine as a Superfund site until 1983. The designation marks the land for federally managed cleanup, typically at the expense of the parties responsible. It was delisted 10 years later, after Ford conducted an initial cleanup effort that removed 8,300 cubic yards of sludge and soil.
Commissioner LaTourrette said he regrets the way the government handled the situation. Ford agreed to pay New Jersey another $2.1 million in a 2019 settlement to cover the cleanup costs.
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