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June 14, 2009 - The Record - A Muddy Future

June 11, 2009 - The Star Ledger - N.J. Scientists Urge State to Adopt Strictest Levels for Cancer-Linked Chromium

May 15, 2009 - The Record - Hudson River PCB Cleanup Finally Begins

May 3, 2009 - The Star Ledger - Newark Gets New Hope for Long-Awaited Park

April 14, 2009 - The Star Ledger - Paterson's Great Falls' New National Park Status is Just a Drop in the Bucket

November 20, 2008 - The Record - Passaic River Dioxin Cleanup Set to Start in 2010

October 19, 2008 - The Record - Passaic River Water Quality Improving

September 13, 2008 - New Jersey Law Journal - N.J. Can Go After Foreign Companies For Cleanup of Dioxin In Passaic River

August 17, 2008 - The New York Times - A Flash of Hope for a Tainted River

July 2, 2008 - The Record - Makeover for River in Newark Under Way

June 24, 2008 - The Star-Ledger - As the River Suffered, Firms Changed Hands

June 23, 2008 - The Record - $80 million Passaic River Cleanup Planned

June 23, 2008 - Associated Press - Passaic River Cleanup Set to Begin

August 25, 2004 - The Record - “River Filth Enough to Make You Sick”

August 4, 2004 - The Star Ledger - “The Time is Now: Partnering to Save the Passaic”

July 30 2003 -- PRRI Announcement (Frelinghuysen)

July 30, 2003 - USACE-EPA Final Press Release on URRI Pilot Announcement

July 30, 2003 -  PRRI Announcement (Menendez)

July 30, 2003 -  Passaic River Initiative Release (Pascrell)

11/13/02 - EPA Press Release - “EPA Administrator Christie Whitman Announces EPA and 21 Other Federal Agencies And Departments To Partner In Effort To Revitalize Brownfields Throughout The Country”

11/13/02 - EPA Newsroom - “EPA To Work with 21 Other Federal Agencies to Revitalize Brownfields”

11/18/02 - Greenwire - “Whitman Underscores Administration Commitment to Cleanups”

07/22/02 - New York Times - “Hoping Egrets Replace Pollutants As River Undergoes Intensive Care”

06/15/02 - The Bergen Record - “Cleanup Of River Outlined At Forum; Passaic Revival Needs Time, Millions”

06/14/02 - NewsChannel 4 - "Passaic River Symposium: History and Cleanup Effort" - Streaming Video -

06/14/02 - News 12 New Jersey - "Passaic River Symposium: History and Cleanup Effort" -Streaming Video-

09/01/01 - The Military Engineer - “Restoring Urban Rivers: A New Approach”

09/01/01 - Pollution Engineering - “The PRRI Provides A Nationwide Model for Addressing Polluted Urban Rivers”

05/01/01 - New Jersey League of Municipalities Magazine - "Cleaning Up Urban Rivers"

11/30/00 - Star-Ledger - "New Study to Kick Off Passaic River Cleanup Waterway Called Key To Newark’s Revival"

11/30/00 - The Bergen Record - “A Gold Coast For Passaic River Banks? Federal Study Will Create Plan For Revival”

11/30/00 - The Herald News - "Study Of Passaic River Wins Funding"

11/29/00 - News 12 New Jersey - "Passaic River Clean-up  Plan"   - Streaming Video -

11/29/00 - NJN News - "Passaic River Clean-up Plan"   - Streaming Video -

11/29/00 - WNBC-TV - "Passaic River Clean-up Plan"   - Streaming Video -

11/29/00 - The Record - "U.S. Study to Focus on Passaic River; Goal is Restoring

11/29/00 - Press Release

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