Environmental Justice Case Settled In The Oranges, NJ Officials Say

ORANGES, NJ — State officials have reached a settlement involving an environmental justice case in Orange, authorities announced this week.

According to the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), an administrative consent order (ACO) will resolve a 2020 lawsuit involving “longstanding gasoline and waste oil contamination” at 43-45 South Center Street in Orange – the site of a former gas station and a garage.

In 2020, the DEP sued because the then-owner allegedly failed to comply with a 2019 order to remediate contamination caused by discharges from multiple underground storage tanks, authorities said.

The current property owner and developer, AEN Urban Renewal LLC, signed the ACO to remediate the site.

AEN Urban Renewal LLC and 43-45 South Center Street LLC, which formerly owned the site, have paid a $40,000 civil administrative penalty, authorities said.

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