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NEW YORK (April 16, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a proposed settlement with PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG) to design and perform a $15.8 million cleanup at the Riverside Industrial Park Superfund Site on the bank of the Passaic River in Newark, New Jersey.  Under the proposed settlement, the company will also pay $2.9 million previously spent by the EPA at the Site, and EPA’s costs of overseeing PPG’s cleanup work.

In 2021, EPA finalized a cleanup plan for the Superfund site, known as a Record of Decision, that includes a combination of cleanup technologies and other measures to address contaminated soil, soil gas, groundwater, sewer water and waste at the site.

“This settlement marks important progress in our work to clean up the Riverside Industrial Park and our commitment to protect public health by reducing the potential

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