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International Flavors And Fragrances - Union Beach
Other (Former) Names of Site: None
| EPA Identification Number: | NJD002194843 | |
| Facility Location: | 800 Rose Lane, Union Beach, New Jersey |
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| Facility Contact: | Brian Kiel, Manager of Environmental Affairs, (732) 203-8147 | |
| EPA Contact: | Alan Straus, (212) 637-4160, straus.alan@epa.gov | |
| New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Case Manager: | Kevin Psarianos, (609) 984-2990, kevin.psarianos@dep.state.nj.us | |
| Last Updated: | June 2009 | |
| Environmental Indicator Status: | Human Exposures Under Control [PDF 100.94 KB, 33 pp] has been verified. |
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Site Description
International Flavors & Fragrances was located at 800 Rose Lane in Union Beach, New Jersey. International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) manufactured specialty organic flavors and fragrances at this site from 1951 until the plant closed in 1997. It is adjacent to the Raritan Bay. Operations were in a 41-acre fenced-in area within a 105-acre property owned by IFF. The facility had a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) permitted hazardous-waste tank and container storage units. Hazardous constituents were also handled in other areas, including lagoons, tanks, an incinerator and a railroad transfer area.
Potential Threats and Contaminants
In 1979, volatile organics were found to be moving from a fill in the northwestern part of the facility into Raritan Bay. Soil and wetland sediments were contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, as well as organic and inorganic constituents.
Cleanup Approach and Progress
The facility is being cleaned up by International Flavors & Fragrances under New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) oversight. A groundwater collector trench and slurry wall has been installed to prevent contaminated groundwater from flowing into Raritan Bay. Contaminated soil has been excavated or capped. A deed notice was issued for the property for hazardous constituents remaining at the site above standards for residential use.
Excavation and capping of contaminated soil at the site was completed. International Flavors & Fragrances will continue to conduct groundwater monitoring to assure that the migration of contaminated groundwater is controlled.
Final Cleanup Status or Projection
- Final Remedy Construction (RCRAInfo database code CA550) has been achieved.
- Final Remedy Decision (RCRAInfo database code CA400) has been achieved.
Site Repository
Copies of supporting technical documents and correspondence cited in the site fact sheet are available for public review at the following location:
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Division of Solid & Hazardous Waste
Records Center
401 E. State Street, 6th Floor
Trenton, NJ 08625
Telephone: (609) 777-3373
