Dive Summary:
- Toxic fumes emitted from Fenimore Landfill in Roxbury, New Jersey have pushed the township to create evacuation plans for residents.
- Hydrogen sulfide coming from the landfill reached dangerously high levels, and were recorded at 810 parts per billion, 27 times higher than allowable by a bill that was passed.
- A New Jersey state Assembly committee approved the bill, which was also agreed upon by the state Senate committee, to close landfills that do not meet outlined standards.
From the article:
"Under a warning and evacuation plan recently drafted by township officials after a spike about half as severe as this weekend's..."
"...the landfill closed in 1979, but reopened in 2011 with plans to cap it and build a solar facility at the site."
"A Superior Court Judge ordered developer Strategic Environmental Partners to show cause by June 28 why the state Department of Environmental Protection shouldn't be given immediate access to Fenimore, to close it properly."
