photo by Boyd Loving
Grease overflow reached Ridgewood stream
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014 LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2014, 12:20 AM
BY CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
RIDGEWOOD – A substantial cooking grease spill at the village’s wastewater treatment plant in Glen Rock two weeks ago reached a nearby stream – despite initial claims from Ridgewood officials that no contamination occurred.
Village workers on Friday vacuumed a stream that runs along the rear of the plant, adjacent to where storage trucks dispose of cooking oil grease.
On Aug. 26, a storage truck was bringing the grease to the plant for disposal when a transfer line burst. Ridgewood officials said this week they received instructions Friday from the state Department of Environmental Protection to clean the stream of some of the 200 gallons of fats, oils and greases that spilled.
A DEP spokesman, Larry Hajna, confirmed that an inspector was dispatched to the plant to investigate the stream Friday.
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