Hudson County Chromate Project

New Items & Announcements

• DEP News Release 1 December 2010 - New Jersey Releases Health Assessment on Cancer and Chromium Waste Sites in Jersey City
• DEP Secures Commitment for Removal of Chrome Wastes from Garfield Avenue Site in Jersey City Posted 24 November 2010
• Chrome Update 34 Posted 17 September 2009
• Comments received regarding the Settlement Agreement Posted 22 April 2009
• The PPG Settlement Agreement [pdf]
• DEP News Release 19 February 2009 - Attorney General, DEP announce settlement with PPG
  
  The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), the City of Jersey City and PPG Industries have scheduled a public meeting to discuss the DEP-PPG-Jersey City Settlement Agreement regarding remediation of chromium-contaminated sites. The public meeting will be held Monday, March 30, 2009 at 7:00 p.m at City Hall, located on 280 Grove Street, Jersey City, NJ. NJDEP is also soliciting public comments on the decision document during the public comment period that runs for 30 days from March 16, 2009 to April 15, 2009.
  For more information

• Hudson County Chromium Sites Status Report (October 2007) [pdf 340 Kb]
• Chromium Moratorium is Lifted (posted 14 February 2007)

Background Information

• Background
• Summary of the Basis and Background of the Soil Cleanup Criteria for Triavalent and Hexavalent Chromium (September 1998)
• Trivalent and Hexavalent Chromium Soil Cleanup Criteria from 1993 to September 3, 1998

Chrome Updates

• Chrome Update 34 Posted 17 September 2009
• Chrome Update 33 December 2007
• Chrome Update 32 December 2005
• Chrome Update 31 December 2002
• Chrome Update 30 August 2001
• Chrome Update 28 June 1999
• Chrome Update 27 June 1998
• Chrome Update 26 July 1997
• Chrome Update 25 December 1996
• Chrome Update 24 April 1996

Related Links

• SRP Community Relations
• Site Information Program
• Known Contaminate Sites in NJ (KCS-NJ)
• Latest Studies by the NJDEP Chromium Workgroup