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REPORT: Bergen County Fined $88K Over Lead Pile Deemed 280 Times Above Federal Regulation REPORT: Bergen County Fined $88K Over Lead Pile Deemed 280 Times Above Federal Regulation
Report: Bergen County Fined $88K Over Lead Pile Deemed 280 Times Above Federal Regulation Bergen County was fined $88,000 by U.S. regulators after an exposed pile of lead containing nearly 280 times the federal regulation was left outside a Mahwah facility for almost a year, a recent report says. The 42 cubic yards of sand was pulled from the gun range at the Campgaw Road training facility without a permit and left outside the county's Law and Public Safety Institute (where the Bergen County Police Academy is based), NorthJersey.com reports. Federal law requires the installation of specific safety measures to block the runoff pile, which the county apparently did not have, the m…

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by Cecilia Levine