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New Jersey launches brownfield solar project at Delanco Landfill The 3.1-megawatt solar installation will power up to 700 households. New Jersey has launched its first community brownfield solar project, which will be constructed on the closed Delanco Landfill as part of the state’s Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) Community Solar Energy Pilot Program. The 3.1-megawatt (MW) solar installation, constructed by New Jersey developer Soltage in Delanco Township, will power up to 700 households with clean energy and dedicate 55 percent of its output to low- and moderate-income (LMI) subscribers. “We are very proud to see successful community solar development, especially projects sited on former landfills,” said NJBPU President Joseph L. Fiordaliso in a press release. “Since these contaminated sites are often not suitable for other types of redevelopment, community solar is one of the best ways to utilize them in a way that promotes equity by making the benefi ....
Oil Chem owner sentenced to 1 year after illegally dumping millions of gallons of landfill liquid in Flint Updated May 15, 2021; Posted May 15, 2021 Oil Chem Inc., located at 711 W. 12th St. in Flint, is shown in this 2016 Flint Journal file photo. Facebook Share FLINT, MI The owner of Flint-based Oil Chem, Inc. was sentenced to twelve months of imprisonment after dumping millions of gallons of landfill liquid into Flint sewers. “This case should serve as a warning to anyone who knowingly and willfully violates the environmental laws of the United States. You will be prosecuted,” said Acting US Attorney Saima Mohsin in a press release. ....
Details Written by Green Liver Flint, Michigan - The president and owner of Oil Chem Inc. was sentenced yesterday to 12 months in prison for violating the Clean Water Act stemming from illegal discharges of landfill leachate totaling more than 47 million gallons into the city of Flint sanitary sewer system over an eight and a half year period. Robert J. Massey, 70, of Brighton, Michigan, pleaded guilty on Jan. 14, to a criminal charge of violating the Clean Water Act. According to court records, Oil Chem, located in Flint, Michigan, processed and discharged industrial wastewaters to Flint’s sewer system. The company held a Clean Water Act permit issued by the city of Flint, which allowed it to discharge certain industrial wastes within permit limitations. The city’s sanitary sewers flow to its municipal wastewater treatment plant, where treatment takes place before the wastewater is discharged to the Flint River. The treatment plant’s ....