Better Living Homes has proposed building 104 townhomes in Richland Township beside a Superfund site. The proposed development would be on about 54 acres at 860 E. Pumping Station Road. The proposal notes that Better Living Homes plans to sell the property to another developer that will build the townhomes. Part of the land sits on the former Watson Johnson landfill that was listed as a Superfund site in 2001 and has also been monitored for PFAS since 2019.The township planning commission moved to recommend preliminary approval of the project in November 2022, and necessary approvals from the Environmental Protection Agency and state Department of Environmental Protection for new construction have also been obtained. The landfill contamination was first identified in 1997, and cleanup began in 2015 when funding became available. The first five-year review of the site in 2021 found that remediation measures were “protective of human health and the environment in the short-term.” The next review will be in 2026. Township officials did not respond to requests from the Bucks County Courier Times on the project status.
Source: Bucks County Courier Times; 8/19/2024
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