N.J. officials target 12-acre ‘illegal junkyard’ in environmental crackdown

A 12-acre property in Kearny, described by state officials as an “enormous illegal junkyard,” is the focus of a new environmental enforcement lawsuit.

The site, linked to the estate of Harold Faulk, is accused of violating state land use, solid waste and water pollution laws.

It sits in a neighborhood classified as “overburdened” under New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Law, which targets pollution in communities long exposed to environmental harm…

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