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Grease-laden spill cleaned up at Ridgewood treatment plant in Glen Rock
AUGUST 26, 2014, 6:06 PM LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2014, 6:11 PM
BY CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
Ridgewood officials said municipal workers dealt with a substantial cooking grease spill Tuesday at the village’s wastewater treatment plant on Prospect Street in Glen Rock.
Roberta Sonenfeld, Ridgewood’s village manager, said 200 gallons of “watery FOG [fats, oils, and gases]” spurt from a “burst transfer line” connected to a delivery truck’s storage tank.
Some of the grease ended up draining into the wetlands of a nearby stream that feeds into the Ho-Ho-Kus Brook.
Officials said containment booms were used to control the spill.
“Our vacuum then sucked up the contained material,” Public Works director and Village Engineer Chris Rutishauser said, adding none of the grease reached the water.
Neighbors living next to the plant, sited at the intersection of Rock Road, said Tuesday that the area smelled “like a Burger King parking lot” following the accident. Those neighbors reported seeing village workers in the stream.
Village officials said this is the first time such a spill has happened there, and added that they immediately contacted the state’s Department of Environmental Protection about the spill.
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