New Jersey AG Filed Lawsuit against Company over Community Contamination Caused by Fuel Spill

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck, along with the Department of Environmental Protection, filed a lawsuit against Richards Fuel Oils, Inc. over contamination caused when the company’s four above-ground storage tanks were knocked over by a storm in 1999. According to the complaint, the fuel oil spill that resulted caused widespread contamination in the surrounding community. The lawsuit “assert[ed] that the full extent of petroleum product contamination at the site remains undetermined.” This action was part of a tranche of lawsuits taken as part of the New Jersey AG Office’s environmental justice initiative.