TOMS RIVER, NJ — An information session on the ecological restoration projects planned for the former Ciba-Geigy site has been scheduled for January, the state Department of Environmental Protection announced.
The consultation will be conducted and conducted through BASF, according to the announcement. Nine projects are planned on 1,000 acres of the former Ciba-Geigy site, he said.
The consultation is scheduled for Tuesday, January 9 from 6:00 p. m. to 9:00 p. m. at 7:30 p. m. Register for the consultation: BASF – Virtual Information Session 09/01/2024 from 6:00 p. m. to 9:00 p. m. to 7:30 p. m.
The NJDEP announced in August that it had finalized a herbal resource recovery agreement with BASF, despite protests from Toms River officials, residents, and environmental teams led through Save Barnegat Bay over the network’s lack of involvement.
The NJDEP first announced the proposed regulation on Dec. 5, 2022, and gave the network just 30 days, until early January, to read and respond. That comment was later extended after a resounding complaint online, despite Shawn LaTourette’s comments. , the DEP commissioner, left officials and citizens with the confidence that nothing really extensive could replace despite their complaints.
Toms River residents and officials claim that efforts to compensate the network for the damage caused to residents’ health and lives are far from enough, while BASF has continued to earn lavish sums of cash from the property. A sun protection has been installed in the maximum number of infected. component of the site, and a portion of the site, about 250 acres, remains in the hands of the chemical company.
LaTourette, in an interview with Patch, said natural resources regulation was not intended to punish the company for the moves of previous owners; BASF bought the site long after it was declared a federal Superfund site through the EPA. Read more: Ciba regulation project ‘not about punishment’: DEP commissioner
Save Barnegat Bay and Toms River Township filed an appeal of the settlement in October, asking the New Jersey Court of Appeals to overturn it and calling it a “cherished settlement” that violates the New Jersey Constitution, as well as the Spill Control and Compensation Act, with Toms. River zoning ordinances. Read more: Ciba-Geigy settlement violates local and New Jersey laws, according to the appeal
The proposed projects for the can be discovered in the deal announcement, here: Ciba-Geigy deal reached: See plans for Toms River SuperfundArray.
No information was provided in the announcement of the consultation on how others will be able to comment on the proposed projects. LaTourette and NJDEP staff promised Toms River officials and citizens that they would be able to offer feedback on what the projects deserve to be seen. Similar comments: consultations following the announcement of the proposed settlement.
The full NJDEP announcement reads:
“BASF invites network members and stakeholder teams to receive more information on the nine green recovery projects planned for the assets in an upcoming virtual data session.
Register to sign up with us on January 9, 2024, from 6:00 p. m. to 8:00 p. m. at 7:30 p. m. to learn more about how BASF will maintain and repair more than 1,000 acres of land. Your input and feedback play a vital role in the long-term good fortune of those projects.
If you would like to attend, please register here: BASF – Virtual Information Session on 01/09/2024 from 6 p. m. at 7:30 p. m. “
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