New Jersey AG Sued Owners of Industrial Site for Failing to Remediate Hazardous Waste Violations

DECEMBER 6, 2018

New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) filed a lawsuit against owners of an industrial property in Trenton for failing to comply with a DEP order to clean up oil, hazardous waste, and other illegal solid waste at the site (known as 323 N. Olden Avenue). The lawsuit sought “court order to require the persons responsible for the property to remove the illegally dumped solid waste, and to pay penalties for the illegal dumping.” This action was part of a tranche of lawsuits taken as part of the New Jersey AG Office’s environmental justice initiative.