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Sites in Reuse in New Jersey
American Cyanamid Company
For years, Bridgewater Township in New Jersey battled with American Cyanamid to clean up its chemical manufacturing wastes. Now the township is working with EPA, other local governments, and a private company to complete redevelopment of a clean portion of the site into a minor league baseball stadium and a 700,000-square foot multi-use complex. American Cyanamid produced pharmaceuticals and other chemicals on the site for over 75 years. Plant operators routinely dumped wastes into lagoons and pits on the property, resulting in extensive soil and ground water contamination. In 1983, EPA added the site to its list of hazardous waste sites needing cleanup, the National Priorities List. After the site was listed, EPA, the state, and the community designed and implemented a cleanup that allowed for the redevelopment of the property. The ideal location of the site attracted the private developers that built the $80-million Bridgewater Promenade multi-use complex that includes retail, hotel, and office space. In addition, the 6,300-seat minor league baseball stadium opened in summer 1999.
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Asbestos Dump
The Asbestos Dump site consists of an 11-acre property in Millington, New Jersey and three separate satellite sites: 1) the 7-acre Dietzman Tract site, 2) the 30-acre New Vernon Road site, and 3) the 12-acre White Bridge Road site. Beginning in 1927, a succession of owners operated an asbestos products manufacturing plant at the Millington site. Landfilling and disposal of asbestos waste materials, including broken asbestos tiles and fibers, was carried out at the Millington site, as well as the three satellite sites until 1975. The site was added to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) in 1983. Removal actions at the sites included erecting signs and fences, capping, installing a soil cover over areas of exposed asbestos, stabilizing slopes along asbestos mounds, removing asbestos containing materials on the ground surface, and in-situ solidification and stabilization of asbestos containing materials. Asbestos materials were excavated and removed from the Dietzman Tract site, which is located within the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, as well as from 25-acres of the New Vernon Road site, which were integrated into the Refuge after remediation. The remaining five acres of the New Vernon Road site and the entirety of the White Bridge Road site have been redeveloped into residential properties. The White Bridge Road site was deleted from the NPL in 2002, and the entire four-site complex is expected to be deleted by September 2009.
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Cooper Road Dump
The Cooper Road Dump Superfund site in Voorhees Township, New Jersey, has been cleaned up and redeveloped into a residential community. In 1982, several dozen vials containing hazardous liquids were discovered at the property, posing a threat to the local community. Some of the vials were broken, and hazardous waste leaked into area soil. In 1984, EPA added the site to its list of hazardous waste sites needing cleanup, the National Priorities List. The State of New Jersey oversaw the single phase cleanup, including the removal of 200 cubic yards of contaminated soils and other materials to a federally approved facility. Following cleanup, EPA surveyed the site to ensure that no significant contamination remained and deleted the site from the NPL in 1989. The 100-acre site is now home to a ten-unit housing development.
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DeRewal Chemical Co.
De Rewal Chemical Company, in Kingwood Township, New Jersey, stored chemical wastes containing heavy metals, acid solutions and fertilizers from 1970 to 1973. Several chemical spills in 1973 led to soil contamination, and the company ceased operations. The site was added to the National Priorities List in 1984. Since initial cleanup activities began in 1990, 60,000 tons of contaminated soil have been removed and a ground water treatment system that treats 50,000 gallons of water per month has been put in place. During the cleanup phase at the site, 3,000 American Indian artifacts were recovered. Today these artifacts can be viewed at the Kingwood Township Municipal Building. The site has been redeveloped into a nature refuge where migratory bird watching is just one of several popular recreational activities. Residents and visitors now enjoy nature walks, canoeing, bike rides, and bird watching on what used to be the site of a waste repository.
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Krysowaty Farm
The 1-acre Krysowaty Farm site in Hillsborough Township, New Jersey operated as a waste disposal area from 1965 until 1970. Drums of paint and dye wastes were dumped, crushed and buried at the site along with demolition debris, tires, automobiles, bulk wastes, solvents, and waste sludge. Odors in well water spurred a site investigation in 1979 which found that ground water, soil, and debris on the site were contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs), pesticides, base and neutral compounds, and traces of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The site was added to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) in 1983. In 1984, 500 drums and 13,700 cubic yards of contaminated soil and wastes were excavated and properly disposed of off-site. The site was backfilled, covered with clean soil, and seeded. Additionally, the Hillsborough Township built a permanent alternate water supply to residents impacted by contaminated well water. The site was removed from the NPL in 1989, and Schaffernoth’s Nursery, a tree, shrub and garden center presently operates on the site.
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Lipari Landfill
An area that once tormented surrounding residents with strong chemical odors and toxic contaminants has become a recreational centerpiece enjoyed by the community of Pitman, New Jersey, approximately 20 miles south of Philadelphia. The source of the original problem was the long inactive Lipari Landfill, filled with more than a dozen years worth of chemical and industrial wastes containing volatile organic compounds and heavy metals. Though the landfill had closed in 1971, it emitted chemical odors and fumes powerful enough to cause respiratory problems for some nearby residents. In response, EPA installed a security fence around the landfill, placed the site on its National Priorities List, confined the landfill to prevent further contaminant migration, and initiated a large-scale cleanup effort. EPA worked with a potentially responsible party (PRP) to excavate and treat contaminated soils and sediments from affected wetland areas outside of the landfill. Additionally, EPA installed a pump system that has thus far extracted and treated more than 100 million gallons of leachate from the site's ground water. EPA facilitated partnerships among the Borough of Pitman, affected communities, the State of New Jersey, and the PRP, enabling cleanup to proceed without unnecessary complications and expediting a redevelopment plan. While remediation of the landfill continues, the once-toxic surrounding area is now home to six recreational sports fields, a nature trail, a paved and lighted parking lot, streams, and marshes. Alcyon Lake, which for years had been posted as hazardous to local residents, was returned to its former beauty and reopened to the public in 1995. Today, Alcyon Lake and Alcyon Park are both popular with local Pitman residents.
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Pepe Field
E.F. Drew Company used the 3-acre Pepe Field site in Boonton, New Jersey, as a landfill for almost 30 years. From the 1920s until 1950, the company disposed of unknown quantities of processing waste from the manufacture of edible oils and cleaning products for household and industrial use. The site remained vacant until the Town of Boonton purchased the property in the mid-1960s for recreational purposes. The Town covered the site with soil and built recreational amenities. However, because of the biological decay of waste material beneath the field, the area was subject to strong hydrogen sulfide odors. In 1969, the Town implemented an odor abatement plan for the site, and closed the recreational facility for many years. In 1983, EPA added the site to its list of priority hazardous waste sites, the National Priorities List (NPL). Remedies implemented at the site included leachate collection and treatment, stabilization and excavation of wastes, installation of a cover, installation of a landfill gas collection and treatment system, and monitoring of the ground water. The cleanup also included restoration of the park. The on-site recreational facilities now include a regulation little league field, walking paths, a playground, a basketball court, gazebo, and concession stand. Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen and then EPA Administrator Carol Browner announced the re-opening of the park in November 2000. EPA also transferred ownership of an adjacent residential property from the federal government to the Town of Boonton for use in conjunction with the park. Residents of Boonton now enjoy baseball and hotdogs on fields that were once a city eyesore. In July 2003, EPA deleted the site from the NPL.
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Pijak Farm
The Pijak Farm site occupies approximately 87 acres in Plumstead Township, New Jersey. From 1963 to 1970, drums and free-flowing liquids from a facility disposing of specialty and research chemicals were dumped into a natural ditch that ran through the site, and later, they were covered with soil. Ground water is the only source of drinking water in the vicinity of the site, and is also used for crop irrigation and stock watering in surrounding agricultural areas. Ground water contamination by organic chemicals, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), benzene, and pthalates, resulted in the site being added to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) in 1983. A removal action provided for off-site disposal of approximately 4,000 cubic yards of waste material and contaminated soil. Ground water monitoring conducted over a five-year period concluded that the remedy was effective and the site was deleted from the NPL in 1997. The site remains an active farm facility.
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Ringwood Mines/Landfill
Magnetite mines were operated on the 500-acre Ringwood Mines/Landfill site in Ringwood Borough, New Jersey, as early as the 1700s, ending in the early 1900s, and wastes were landfilled at the site from the 1960s until 1976. Paint sludge at the site was a primary concern because it contained several contaminants, such as lead and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Metals and VOCs found in drinking water and soils at the site led to its placement on the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1983. After removal actions and restricting access, the site was deleted from the NPL in 1994. Further development on the site discovered additional caches of landfilled paint sludge, resulting in the site being restored to the NPL in 2006 for further removal actions and monitoring. An industrial refuse disposal area, a municipal recycling center, the Ringwood Borough garage, a park with rugged forest and open vegetated areas, and 50 private homes are located on the site.
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Vineland State School
The New Jersey Department of Human Services (NJDHS) runs the Vineland State School in Vineland, New Jersey. The 195-acre property is a residential and treatment facility for mentally handicapped women and includes an array of buildings that support the 1,300 residents. For years, the school operated an unregulated incinerator and landfill on the property to dispose of its waste. In addition, hazardous chemicals such as mercury, pesticides, and transformer oil were dumped into pits and ponds on the property. The state was called in to investigate several spills at the facility and found extensive soil and ground water contamination. In 1983, EPA added the site to its list of hazardous waste sites needing cleanup. EPA and the state developed a cleanup plan, and the state took the lead in removing contaminated soil and placing a protective soil cover over a portion of the site. The city extended the public water supply system to affected residences near the site and the state monitored the ground water, to ensure that the pollutants did not spread. After the cleanup, EPA determined that the site is safe for the public and the environment, and deleted it from the list. Teamwork between EPA and the state enabled NJDHS to continue to care for their patients without interruption during and after the cleanup.
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