WATCHUNG – Looking to eventually use the former Ness tract for passive recreation, the Borough Council is seeking state approval for the Mountain Boulevard property’s remediation plan.

The council voted 4-0 on Thursday, July 13 to submit an application to the state Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) site remediation program. Council members Freddie Hayeck and Sonia Abi-Habib were absent.

Borough Administrator James Damato said the application includes an engineering design. “The DEP is reviewing the plan,” he said. “Once approved, we’ll start remediation.”

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