EPA to announce Passaic River cleanup plan

    Officials are set to make an announcement about the cleanup of New Jersey’s Passaic River.

    The river is one of the nation’s most contaminated.

    U.S. Sens. Robert Menendez and Cory Booker will be on hand for the Environmental Protection Agency’s announcement in Newark Friday.

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