Key Information
PUBLIC LINKS
 Aerials Agency Fact
Sheets Local
Interest Maps
News References Related
Links Reports |
| Aerials |
• Passaic River Aerial Photograph |
| Agency |
• EPA website summary and data This EPA website contains an overview on the site, Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study Workplans, and a list of agencies that are involved.  • Lower Passaic River Restoration Project This is an inter-agency site that consists of project background, press releases, frequently asked questions, related links and a digital library. |
| Fact Sheets |
• EPA Signs Agreement with Companies to Remove Major Source of Passaic River Contamination • EPA Urban Rivers Restoration Pilot Fact Sheet The fact sheet contains background information, authority and funding for the project, and points of contact. • The Lower Passaic River Restoration Project Fact Sheet • Passaic River Mainstem and Tributaries, New Jersey: Flood Damage Reduction and Restoration Projects Fact Sheet
• Preservation of Natural Flood Storage Areas, Passaic River, NJ: Flood Damage Reduction Project Fact Sheet
• Upper Passaic River and Tributaries, NJ: Flood Damage Reduction & Environmental Restoration Feasibility Study |
| Local Interest |
• Passaic River Restoration Initiative The Passaic River Restoration Initiative website contains information such as project background, frequently asked questions, and current updates regarding the project. • Passaic River Coalition A non-profit watershed association serving the people, governments, and businesses of the 935 square mile Passaic River Basin in Northern New Jersey and Southern New York State. |
| Maps |
• Passaic River Site Map The following map illustrates the Passaic River site and numerically identifies each facility located along the river. |
| News |
• $80 million Passaic River cleanup planned, June 24, 2008 (16k, PDF) • Seventy-Three Companies Sign On With EPA To Complete Comprehensive Study of Passaic River, May 5, 2007 (27k, PDF, EPA link) • Federal and State Agencies Will Clean Up and Revitalize the Lower Passaic River, October 20, 2003 • DEP to Address More Than 4,000 Potential Claims for Natural Resource Damages Statewide, September 24, 2003 |
| References |
• Hudson River PCBs Superfund Site Draft Quality of Life Performance Standards, Public Review Copy, December 2003 Describes the types of activities expected to occur during the Hudson River PCBs Superfund Site Remedial Action used to develop the quality of life performance standards, summarizes these activities (e.g., dredging, transport, and treatment), describes and specifies the performance standards, provides a discussion of the potential impacts of the remedial activities on the community and how quality of life performance standards are developed, and discusses the procedures that will be used to refine the standards. Has possible parallel implications with activities that may be performed for the Passaic River Restoration Project. |
| Related Links |
• United States Army Corps of Engineers • United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2 • New Jersey Department of Transportation, Office of Maritime Resources • New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection • Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute • OurPassaic.org |
| Reports |
Remedial Investigation Text, Tables, and Figures Feasibility Study Text, Tables, and Figures 1-10 |
