PCB-Tainted Concrete Used at Two New Jersey Sites

PCB-laced crushed concrete debris has been dumped at two sites owned by Edgewood Properties in Brick, N.J., according to a report in the Asbury Park Press (Neptune, N.J.).

The company has notified the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) that the tainted concrete was taken from the former Ford assembly plant in Edison, N.J., and has been unloaded at a shopping center construction site and a mobile home park.

According to the report, 40 dump truck loads of the material laced with PCB (polychlorinated biphenyls, a probable carcinogen) have been dumped—only about four of the 40 at the mobile home park.

The company maintains that it was not aware that the material exceeded state-accepted levels of PCBs for residential and commercial use. According to the report, the crushed concrete taken from the Ford plant measured up to 2 parts per billion of PCBs. The state-accepted level for clean fill is 0.49 parts per billion or less.