Remediation

Ringwood Mines Landfill Site

Ford Motor Company has stepped up and agreed to address concerns raised related to 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. In September 2004, Ford entered into an Administrative Order on Consent and Settlement Agreement (AOC) with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 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 against the Borough regarding the Ringwood site. Ford is conducting work at the site pursuant to the AOC, all under the direction of the EPA and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

Although the Ringwood site has been used for decades for the legal and illegal disposal of wastes of all types by the Borough of Ringwood and other parties, Ford only used the site to dispose of waste materials (primarily cardboard and wood wastes and paint sludge from the former Mahwah assembly plant) from 1967 to the middle of 1971. Ford previously participated in investigative activities at the site. Ford is committed to addressing issues related to its prior waste disposal activities at the site.