STANDARD CHLORINE
KEARNY, NJ
Superfund Site Profile
Site Contacts
Community Involvement Coordinator
Shereen Kandil
(212) 637-4333
Remedial Project Manager
Josh Smeraldi
(212) 637-4302
Site Location
Street Address:1015-35 BELLEVILLE TURNPIKE
KEARNY, NJ 07032
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Background
The Standard Chlorine Chemical Company, Inc. (SCCC) site is a 42-acre parcel that sits between the Belleville Turnpike and the Hackensack River in Kearny, New Jersey. A railroad right-of-way, the location of a former rail spur, runs west of the former lagoon area. Most of the property falls within the 100-year floodplain of the Hackensack River.
Manufacturing activities at this site from about 1916 to 1993 included producing, storing, and packaging moth balls and flakes, manufacturing lead-acid batteries, formulating drain cleaners, producing dye carriers, and distilling and purifying chlorinated benzenes.
Various entities, including the Standard Naphthalene Products Company, Inc., owned by the ...
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