Some members of New Jersey’s business and industrial community said they understood the need for enforcement, but urged officials to consider a tempered approach. But John Deull, the owner of Deull Fuel Company in Atlantic City, said he was surprised to be named in the Atlantic City lawsuit. In a Facebook post, he added that he and his wife had spent nearly $2 million over 27 years on lawyers, environmental consultants, testing and other remediation efforts. The state was once derided for its vast acreage of garbage dumps and for the fires that would ignite on a heavily polluted stretch of the Passaic River. Now, long after much of that industry has faded and extensive work to recover from the pollution has been done, the state continues to contend with the scars left behind.

Source: New York Times August 01, 2018 21:56 UTC