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Ciba-Geigy Hearing With NJDEP On Tap

The NJDEP is hosting the public comment session and will take questions about the proposed settlement with BASF at the meeting.

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Britta Forsberg of Save Barnegat Bay speaks at a January listening session on the proposed settlement between NJDEP and BASF on the Ciba-Geigy site.
Britta Forsberg of Save Barnegat Bay speaks at a January listening session on the proposed settlement between NJDEP and BASF on the Ciba-Geigy site. (Karen Wall/Patch)

TOMS RIVER, NJ — The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is scheduled to hold a public meeting on its proposed natural resources damage settlement with BASF Monday evening.

The session, set for 6 p.m. in the auditorium at Toms River High School North on Old Freehold Road, will include additional information about the proposed natural resources damages settlement, NJDEP officials said.

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NJDEP officials also will be on hand to take questions from the public about the proposed settlement, which was initially announced Dec. 5 and has subjected the department to intense criticism in the days since.

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