Remediation

Ringwood Mines Landfill Site

Ford Motor Company continues to address concerns raised in connection with Ford's prior disposal activities at the Ringwood Mines landfill site in New Jersey, including the adequacy of the prior investigation and cleanup of waste disposed by Ford. The Ringwood site was used for decades for the legal and illegal disposal of a wide variety of wastes by the Borough of Ringwood and other parties. Ford used the site to dispose of waste materials (primarily cardboard, wood wastes and paint sludge from the former Mahwah Assembly Plant) from 1967 to the middle of 1971. Ford previously participated in remediation activities at the site in the 1980s and 1990s. In September 2004, Ford entered into an Administrative Order on Consent and Settlement Agreement (AOC) with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding additional environmental activities at the Ringwood site. The EPA also requested the Borough of Ringwood's assistance in completing work at the site, and the EPA issued a Unilateral Administrative Order to the Borough regarding the Ringwood site. Ford is conducting further remedial work at the site pursuant to the AOC, all under the direction of the EPA and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

Edison Assembly Plant Concrete Disposal

When the Edison Assembly Plant was demolished, concrete from the site was crushed and reused by several developers as fill material at 10 different off-site locations. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) later asserted that some of these locations may not have been authorized to receive the waste, due to low levels of contaminants in the concrete. In March 2006, the DEP ordered Ford, its supplier MIG-Alberici, Inc., and the developer Edgewood Properties, Inc., to investigate, and, if appropriate, remove contaminated materials from the development sites. Ford has substantially completed the work at a number of locations, and Edgewood is completing the investigation and remediation at several locations that it owns. Pursuant to the Administrative Consent Order, in January 2008 Ford paid approximately $460,000 for oversight costs, penalties and environmental education projects, and donated emissions reduction credits to the State of New Jersey. In April 2008, the DEP solicited public comments on the settlement. The DEP recently finalized the settlement without any material changes. Edgewood Properties has sought judicial review of the settlement. As previously reported, the New Jersey Attorney General's office also issued a grand jury subpoena and civil information request in March 2006. We fully cooperated with the Attorney General's office to resolve this matter, and it has closed its investigation of Ford.