New Jersey AG Filed Lawsuit against Owners of Site that Formerly Operated as Gas Station over Hazardous Contamination

DECEMBER 6, 2018

New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection filed a lawsuit against owners of a site in Newark, Essex County that formerly operated as a gas station (Gulf Gas) for failing to remediate hazardous pollution at the site, including hazardous substances, benzene, tertiary-butyl alcohol (TBA), and methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE). The lawsuit sought “court order to compel remediation of the site and to recover its costs from the responsible parties.” This action was part of a tranche of lawsuits taken as part of the New Jersey AG Office’s environmental justice initiative.