COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Upcoming meetings on potential Passaic River restoration projects portal. It is important to share and encourage local submissions to keep the potential projects centered on the Passaic River.

The Federal Natural Resource Trustees for the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site—NOAA and the U.S. Department of the Interior have announced the launch of a new Restoration Project Submission Webportal. [See Image —->]

This portal allows community members to suggest restoration ideas that will help shape a formal plan to restore natural resources in the following areas:

• Lower Passaic River & Hackensack River

• Newark Bay

• Arthur Kill & Kill van Kull

• Associated Watersheds

They invite you to join them to learn more about the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) process, their restoration planning goals, and how to use the new webportal.

They will be hosting two sessions (one in-person and one virtual) to share information and answer your questions.

Concern over Oxy Sale

Recent news about the sale of Oxy has raised serious concerns among responsible parties and CAG members over the security of funding for the remainder of the Passaic River cleanup plan. Click below to read the letter sent by the CAG to our Federal and State Representatives:

Lister Ave Record of Decision

Response to comments are available in the document linked here and the full final ROD is available here.

The full ROD is a long document and may take a while to load, the response to comments are separated out for ease of access.

Slide Deck from April 21, 2025 CAG Meeting