EnCap

Last updated March 30, 2019

EnCap was a proposal to build golf courses and homes on remediated landfills in the New Jersey Meadowlands in three communities in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States: Lyndhurst, North Arlington and Rutherford.^[1]

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Landfill site for the disposal of waste materials by burial

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On May 27, 2008, the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission terminated its agreement with EnCap Golf Holdings, the company that had the contract to redevelop the 785-acre (3.18 km²) site, after the company had missed targets to clean up the landfills as part of the project.^[3]

The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission was a regional zoning, planning and regulatory agency in northern New Jersey. Its founding mandates were to protect the delicate balance of nature, provide for orderly development, and manage solid waste activities in the New Jersey Meadowlands District. The Commission operated as an independent state agency between 1969 and 2015, loosely affiliated with the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. NJMC was merged with the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority through legislative action.

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References

↑ Coyne, Kevin. "Critic Earns ‘I Told You So’ in Meadowlands Project", The New York Times , May 18, 2008.
↑ DeHaven, Judy. "Trump signs deal to rescue Encap", The Star-Ledger , November 7, 2007. Accessed May 25, 2008.
↑ Belson, Ken. "Meadowlands Commission Cuts Ties With Developer", The New York Times , May 8, 2008. Accessed May 25, 2008.

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[1] Coyne, Kevin. "Critic Earns ‘I Told You So’ in Meadowlands Project", The New York Times , May 18, 2008.

[2] DeHaven, Judy. "Trump signs deal to rescue Encap", The Star-Ledger , November 7, 2007. Accessed May 25, 2008.

[3] Belson, Ken. "Meadowlands Commission Cuts Ties With Developer", The New York Times , May 8, 2008. Accessed May 25, 2008.