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The Newark Education Workers Caucus (NEW Caucus) and NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) announced plans to sue the City of Newark and the Acting Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) for violating the federal drinking water law, resulting in elevated levels of lead in drinking water.
These are some of the documents associated with this case:
Safe Drinking Water Act
- Coalition Letter to City of Newark re: Elevated Lead Levels in Newark’s Drinking Water, September 13, 2017
- Notice of Intent to Sue re: Lead in Drinking Water Act in Newark, NJ, April 24, 2018
- Exhibits 1-36, Notice of Intent to Sue re: Lead in Drinking Water in Newark, NJ, April 24, 2018
- Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory Relief, June 26, 2018
- Compliance Agreement and Order, July 25, 2018
- Notice of Motion for an Extension of Time to Answer, Move or Otherwise Reply, July 27, 2018
- Letter Requesting Court to Order City Defendants to File Responsive Pleading, July 28, 2018
- Plaintiffs’ Memorandum in Support of Motion for a Preliminary Injunction and Supporting Declarations, August 24, 2018
- Declaration of Daniel Carpenter-Gold, August 24, 2018
- Declaration of Daniel E. Giammar, Ph.D., P.E., August 24, 2018
- Declaration of Philip J. Landrigan, M.D., M.Sc., August 24, 2018
- Plaintiffs’ Reply in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Order to Show Cause and Supporting Declarations, October 12, 2018
- Declaration of Jeffrey K. Griffiths, M.D., M.P.H.&T.M., October 12, 2018
- Declaration of Mona Hanna-Attisha, M.D., M.P.H., October 12, 2018
- Second Declaration of Daniel E. Giammar, Ph.D., P.E., October 12, 2018
- Declaration of Mekela Panditharatne, October 12, 2018
- Declaration of Rayid Ghani, M.S., October 12, 2018
- Declaration of Jonathan S. Shefftz, October 12, 2018
- Letter Responding to Defendants’ Filings and Requesting Discovery, October 15, 2018
- Letter from the City of Newark to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Regarding Corrosion Control Treatment, November 8, 2018
- Response from NJDEP to the City of Newark, November 30, 2018
- Plaintiffs’ Memorandum in Support of Emergency Motion to Require City Defendants to Expand Existing Filter Program, December 8, 2018
- Exhibit 1: February 2018 Email from CDM Smith, December 8, 2018
- Memorandum in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction, February 21, 2019
- Declaration of Jeffrey Griffiths re State of Disrepair in Newark’s Water System, Including Exhibit A (Draft Pequannock CCT Report) and Exhibit B (May 2016 H2M Comprehensive Technical Assistance Report for the Pequannock Water Treatment Plant), February 22, 2019
- Declaration of Stacy Woods, February 26, 2019
- Pequannock Water Treatment Plant Corrosion Control Review and Recommendations – Final, March 15, 2019
- Supplemental Compliance Agreement and Order, March 29, 2019
- DEP Pequannock Corrosion Control Temporary Designation, April 25, 2019
- Plaintiffs’ Reply in Support of its Motion for Preliminary Injunction, April 26, 2019
- Wanaque Gradient Corrosion Control Review, June 28, 2019
- Newark’s Historical Corrosion Control Studies and Approvals, Filed on August 22, 2019:
- EPA Letter to the City re Filter Failure, August 10, 2019
- Second Amended Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory Relief, October 25, 2019
- CDM Smith Final Filter Report, November 19, 2019
- Opposition to the State’s Second Motion to Dismiss, December 2019
- Opposition to the City’s Second Motion to Dismiss, December 2019
- Wanaque Gradient Corrosion Control Treatment Approval, December 23, 2019
- Letter from DEP to Newark re Lead Tap Sampling Issues, December 28, 2020
- Settlement Agreement, January 26, 2021
- NRDC Statement: Newark Exceeded the Federal Action Level for Lead Tap Water Samples in the First Half of 2020, February 12, 2021
NJ Open Public Records Act: NRDC v. City of Newark
- Complaint Seeking Public Records Pertaining to Lead in Newark's Drinking Water, April 24, 2018
- Reply Brief in Support of Order to Show Cause, June 8, 2018
- Order Entered by Judge Beacham, June 22, 2018
- Order Granting Motion to Enforce by Judge Beacham, August 3, 2018
- Order Granting Second Motion to Enforce by Judge Stecher, September 28, 2018
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