In all, some 33 Superfund projects nationwide requiring $450 million are under review, with final decisions on funding due in September.
This facility was contaminated with PCBs; cleanup of the shed property where the future station may stand was completed in 2005 as a Superfund project.
"There were a few more problems with that contractor," said John Frisco, who oversees the agency's Superfund projects in New Jersey.
The Superfund project here, which involved moving many families out of their homes to excavate the dirty soil under their houses, has already cost taxpayers $248 million.
This is said to be the largest Superfund project in the United States.
New Jersey has 114 Superfund projects, more than any other state.
The location was cleaned up as a Superfund project from 1983 to 2002.
There are not any Superfund projects quite like the Clark Fork, and it poses some formidable technical problems.
The first phase of the Superfund project in Glen Ridge is just about over.
As a part of the Superfund project, the EPA is looking to reinforce the commercial and recreational fishing ban on white croaker.