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Hudson County Chromate Project

Background

The Hudson County Chromate Chemical Production Waste Sites are located throughout Jersey City, Bayonne, Kearny, Newark and Secaucus in Hudson and Essex Counties. NJDEP has identified over 160 sites that are contaminated with chromite ore processing residue, also known as chromate waste. The chromate chemical production waste has been found at residential, commercial and industrial locations. The more than two million tons of waste disposed of over the area were generated by three chromite ore-processing plants which operated for approximately 70 years between 1905 and 1971. The three plants, located in Hudson County, were owned and operated by:

  1. PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG) at its former chromium chemical production facility location at Garfield Avenue in Jersey City.
  2. The predecessors and subsidiaries of AlliedSignal, Inc. (Allied) previously located on Route 440 in Jersey City
  3. The predecessor and subsidiaries of Occidental Chemical Corp., Maxus Energy Corp. and Chemical Land Holding, Inc. previously located on Belleville Turnpike in Kearny.

PPG, AlliedSignal and Maxus are collectively referred to as the Responsible Parties (RPs).

The chromate waste from the above facilities was used as fill in preparation for building foundations, construction of tank berms, roadway construction, filling of wetlands, sewer line construction and other construction and development projects. Chromate contamination has been found in a variety of places including the walls and floors of buildings, interior and exterior building surfaces, surfaces of driveways and parking lots and in the surface and subsurface of unpaved areas. Known chromate waste contamination at residential sites has been remediated, including two apartment complexes. The progress in the remediation of these chromate projects has been successful and is nearly complete. It must be noted that since early after the implementation of the Superior Court of New Jersey remedial orders, chromate contamination exposure from known sites has been dramatically reduced if not completely eliminated. The Master Schedules are a testament to the arduous task of remediation of historic contamination, but also an example of a community tasked with working together on a common goal.

Need information on a particular Chromium Site?

Please see Hudson County Chromium Site List and note the Responsible Party (RP) entity listed as the "RP Category".

Please contact the appropriate Responsible Party, using the list below.

PPG

Contact: (201) 938-0909

Independent, NJ Superior Court-Appointed Site Administrator for PPG's Cleanups
Website: www.chromiumcleanup.com
Telephone: (201) 777-2099
Email: Info@chromecleanup.com

Master Schedule
(See Chromium Cleanup Paternership)

Glenn Springs Holdings, Inc. formerly known as Occidental

Contact: Eric Moses (972) 687-7521

Master Schedule

Honeywell, Inc.

Contact: Victoria Streitfeld, (609) 218-9460
Website: Jersey City Chromium Cleanup

Master Schedule

NJDEP - Office of Remedial Management Contact

Contact: Ian Curtis (609) 414-4453

Chromate Waste Site Boundary
GIS layer

Settlement Documents

Additional Information