With the consent of the court, the state Department of Environmental Protection can now enter a Bayonne industrial property to check out suspected contaminants such as trichloroethylene, chloromethane, methylene chloride and acetone whose source is still a mystery to the DEP.

But DEP says it'll likely take until December before it's ready to tackle the job.

The DEP sought judicial help after it alleges it tried - since late last year - to get an OK from the owners of the 14-acre Duraport Realty site on East Second Street to get onto the property.

The two sides were due in court earlier this week, but the hearing was canceled after they reached an agreement to allow the DEP to inspect the site.