Publicly Funded Cleanups Site Status Report 1998 Section I. Introduction

	Cleanup progress - Remedial Action projects completed in 1998 In State Fiscal Year 1998, eight Superfund and non-Superfund Remedial Action projects were completed at a cost of nearly $9.3 million by NJDEP and USEPA. Work ranged from removing 700 drums of chemical wastes from a defunct drum reconditioning facility to installing a ground water remediation system capable of treating 108,000 gallons per day at a former illegal hazardous waste dump site. These actions are listed in Figure 6. Also, USEPA conducted $3.7 million in Emergency Removal Actions at 11 contaminated sites upon concurrence with NJDEP, as noted in Figure 7.   NJDEP and USEPA Remedial Action Project Completions Site Name Municipality County Cost Evor Phillips Leasing Company Old Bridge Township Middlesex $639,000 Flemington Water Dept. Well 7 Flemington Borough Hunterdon $200,000 Higgins Farm* Franklin Township Somerset $7,000,000 Kauffman & Minteer Springfield Township Burlington $150,000 Liberty State Park/McAllister Petroleum Jersey City Hudson $40,000 Martin Aaron Inc. Camden City Camden $350,000 Route 202 Ground Water Contamination Branchburg Township Somerset $662,000 Urban Casting Company Gloucester Township Camden $275,000 *USEPA lead project Figure 6   USEPA Removal Action Completions Site Name Municipality County Cost Central Steel Drum Co. Newark City Essex $275,000 Cornell Dubilier Electronics Inc. South Plainfield Borough Middlesex $332,000 General Color Co. Newark City Essex $250,000 Imperial Oil Co./Champion Chemicals Marlboro Township Monmouth $100,000 Kauffman & Minteer, Inc. Springfield Township Burlington $1,570,000 Magic Marker Inc. Trenton City Mercer $280,000 Malone Chemical Inc. Linden City Essex $370,000 Non-Ferrous Recycling Co. South Plainfield Borough Middlesex $86,000 Pittsburgh Metals & Graphics Jersey City Hudson $10,000 Pyrolac Corporation Hawthorne Borough Passiac $426,000 Route 561 Dump Gibbsboro Borough Camden $23,000 Figure 7   The Remedial Action and Emergency Removal Action work conducted by NJDEP and USEPA is the most visible indication of cleanup progress in a community. NJDEP uses public funds in emergency situations or when companies or individuals responsible for the contamination are unknown or unable or unwilling to take appropriate remedial actions at priority sites. NJDEP attempts to secure federal funds through USEPA to conduct remedial activities when no viable responsible party exists. This policy preserves state monies for other projects that do not meet USEPA's criteria. Public monies fund remedial activities that include: Responding to immediate environmental concerns that threaten public health through direct contact with, or inhalation or ingestion of, contamination; Conducting investigations at suspected or known contaminated sites; Performing cleanups, such as treatment, removal or containment of contaminated soil and ground water and providing alternate drinking water supplies; and, Providing long-term maintenance on treatment systems as well as monitoring site conditions to ensure continued protection of human health and the environment. These types of actions require NJDEP to take various steps to move site cleanups toward completion. The overall remedial process is described on pages xviii and xix.
	Prev Table of Contents Next

Disclaimers and Notices

Please send your comments regarding the design or function of the NJDEP SRP Web pages to: srpweb@dep.state.nj.us

Last revision: 11 August 1999