In this 22nd episode, I discuss another Current Event:  EPA Approves Clean Up Blueprint for Berry's Creek.

On October 8, 2025 The US EPA announced the approval of a clean up blueprint for Berry's Creek in Bergen County, New Jersey.

The reason why I wanted to have this current event on the podcast, is to highlight something that jumped out to me.

The Berry's Creek Superfund Site was created by a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling in 1983.  That's 42 years ago!  The contamination of Mercury and PCBs have been in place for much longer when you consider, the court ruling was in 1983, there is no telling how long it took to get to that point.  Needless to say, the contamination has been there for well over 50 years.

As part of the EPA announcement, it says that the blueprint plans were submitted in 2017 and 2018.  That means it took 7-8 years to review and approve the clean up plan.  Also in the announcement, was that the clean up work is anticipated to begin in a year and expected to take four years to complete.  So by these estimates, the clean up should be complete in another five years.

It's mind boggling how long it takes to get known contamination addressed that is hazardous to both human health and the environment.

The good news is better late than never to make some progress.

And, it seems that there are more and more announcements coming out about addressing "Superfund Sites."  Superfund Sites are locations of known contamination being stored to be addressed at a future date.

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