Haddonfield Commissioners Neal Rochford and Jeff Kasko talk about amendments to the Bancroft redevelopment plan at the borough planning board meeting in January 2018. Credit: Matt Skoufalos.
Bancroft Deal Tabled Until Schools, Gov’t Hammer out PILOT Concerns
The $55-million upgrade from New Jersey American Water provides additional treatment for removing PFAS and 1, 4-Dioxane from water serving six Camden City neighborhoods west of the Cooper River.
EPA estimates of contamination at the former Welsbach Facility superfund site were off by a factor of 20, and excluded a newly discovered radioactive groundwater plume. Nonetheless, the agency says its models show cancer risks from the site “are lower than or within” acceptable ranges, and has halved the scope and cost of its remediation plan.