Is the coal ash safe for re-use as road-bed material, even though some of it may have been generated decades ago?
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”), the regulatory agency responsible for overseeing the remediation, considers coal ash as pre-approved for re-use as road-bed material. Weston will present the re-use of coal ash as road-bed material in its work plan to NJDEP. Any such use of coal ash would be completely capped by the road asphalt. A long-term Deed Notice would be placed on the site to permanently record the location of the recycled ash. Any future disturbance of this recorded area would require NJDEP approval. If NJDEP doesn’t approve re-use of the coal ash on site in that manner, Weston will remove the ash off-site for disposal.
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