The Brooklyn Paper and The Post report that the city and several companies responsible for polluting Newtown Creek have reached an agreement to pay for studying the waterway’s contamination. The deal means that “that the parties responsible for the pollution, not the taxpayer” will pay for the study, according to an EPA official. The Superfund site still has a long road ahead of it in terms of decontamination, according to The Brooklyn Paper: The remedial study is expected to last for several years, and actual cleanup could take up to 10 years after that.
Newtown Creek Set for Detox Treatment [NY Post]
Toxic Summer! Contamination Studies to Begin at Newtown Creek [BK Paper]
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