Restoring Our River: Panel on Passaic River Superfund Cleanup

When:

June 10, 2014: 6:00PM to 7:30PM

Where:

27 Somme St., Newark, NJ 07105 map

Riverkeeper’s Abigail M. Jones, staff attorney for the Hudson River Program, will take part in a panel presentation in Newark called “Restoring Our River” on the plans to clean up and restore the Passaic River.

Jones will speak about the landmark GE Superfund cleanup of PCB contamination in the Hudson River.

Also speaking are Debbie Mans, executive director of NY/NJ Baykeeper; Ray Basso, director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Lower Passaic River Project, and Janine MacGregor of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Passaic Initiative.

Information, photos and maps of the cleanup will be on display.

The event is organized by the Ironbound Community Corporation and is open to the public. Please RSVP to Nancy Zak, [email protected], or call 973-817-7013 ext. 221.