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Honeywell International Incorporated
Other (Former) Names of Site: Allied-Signal Inc.
| EPA Identification Number: | NJD048794986 | |
| Facility Location: | 101 Columbia Road, Morristown, New Jersey |
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| Facility Contact: | David Paley, Manager,(201) 433-3305 | |
| EPA Contact: | Clifford Ng, (212) 637-4113, ng.clifford@epa.gov | |
| New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Case Manager: | Carol Graubart, (609) 633-0741 | |
| Last Updated: | January 2002 | |
| Environmental Indicator Status: | Human Exposures Under Control
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21 pp] has been verified. Groundwater Contamination Under Control [PDF 432.50 KB, 21 pp] has been verified. |
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Site Description
Honeywell International Incorporated, formerly known as Allied-Signal, Inc. is located at 101 Columbia Road in Morristown, New Jersey. Honeywell International has occupied this approximately 170-acre site in Morris Township since 1946. The company conducts research into polymers, metals, ceramics, electronic materials and devices, and into other areas of bio and analytical science. Honeywell International's activities over the years generated various chemical waste products, which it managed in on-site surface impoundments (man-made "ponds" in which contaminants in liquid settle to the bottom) and pits. Over time the chemical wastes were released from these areas into the soil, groundwater and sediment of the site.
Potential Threats and Contaminants
The groundwater is contaminated with carbon tetrachloride and chloroform. Sediments at the Honeywell International site were contaminated with metals such as chromium, copper, lead, nickel and zinc. The soil was contaminated with a number of semi-volatile organic chemicals including benzo(a)anthracene, chrysene, benzo(a)pyrene, benzo (b) fluoranthene and indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene.
Cleanup Approach and Progress
In the 1970s and 1980s, the company ceased operation of the impoundments and pits, and cleaned up the soil and sediment by excavating the material and disposing of it off-site at a waste disposal facility. Allied then backfilled the excavated areas with clean soil.
To clean up the contaminated groundwater under the Allied site, the company
installed a series of wells that pump out the water and send it to an
on-site treatment system. Once the water is treated to acceptable health
and safety standards, it is discharged to a sewer system. The groundwater
pump and treat system not only cleans the water, but because it is continually
pulling the contaminated water from the ground, prevents the contamination
from spreading. The groundwater at the site is not permitted to be used
as drinking water.
The pump and treat system will continue well into the future, as will
groundwater monitoring to ensure that the contamination is confined and
does not spread.
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
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) makes available its public records through formal request under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA).
