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Keyport says groundwater samples taken at the 55 Walnut Street property show higher-than-accepted levels of benzene, aluminum, arsenic, manganese and lead. (Shutterstock)
KEYPORT, NJ The town of Keyport is suing the landowners on which a former landfill sits, saying that even though the landfill has been closed for 42 years, it continues to leak solid waste and heavy metals into Raritan Bay.
Keyport filed the lawsuit Jan. 28 against Bay Ridge Realty Corporation, a New York City-based company that owns the land. The former landfill is located at 55 Walnut Street in Keyport; it is a 50-acre industrial site that stopped being used as a landfill in 1979. ....

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