Chester Twp. mayor: Landfill penalties stink

January 7, 2009 9:31 am

Chester Twp., Washington Twp. on hook for environmental damage

Two Morris County towns are among the defendants responsible for paying the state $43 million to cover the cost of fixing the environmental damage done at Combe Fill South Landfill, according to the terms of a settlement released Tuesday.

More than 200 defendants -- including Chester Township and Washington Township -- have two months to pay the state $12.7 million to cover New Jersey's past remediation-related costs at Combe South, a 102-acre federal Superfund site off Parker Road in Chester and Washington townships.

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