Officials: Ford Engineers Find Hazardous Chemical At NJ Superfund Site
RINGWOOD, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Engineers say a hazardous chemical was found at nearly 100 times the state standard in the groundwater of a northern New Jersey site where Ford Motor Co. once dumped toxic paint.
Records obtained by The Record newspaper show that engineers for Ford discovered the chemical 1,4-dioxane deep under the Peters Mine area at the Superfund site in Ringwood.
The engineers wrote to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in January saying it would drill new wells to better understand the contaminants. The EPA couldn't say Monday if the chemical came directly from Ford's industrial waste.
Federal regulators have said contamination from the site hasn't polluted the area's drinking water.
A Ford spokesman says the company is working with federal regulators to assess the groundwater conditions.
Earlier this month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for an investigation after an apparent overflow at the Indian Point nuclear power plant, of Buchanan, spilled highly radioactive water into an underground monitoring well.
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