Imperial Oil/ Champion Chemical Superfund Site Clean-Up Tennent Road in Marlboro NJ
ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE
Marlboro Township and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announce the startup of remediation activities for contaminated soils at the Imperial Oil/Champion Chemicals Superfund Site, located on Tennent Road in Marlboro, NJ. The soil on the plant property is contaminated with heavy metals including arsenic and lead, as well as PCBs. Marlboro Township has benefited from the 25million dollars in stimulus funding to pay for the cost of this cleanup.
The cleanup work includes the excavation and off-site disposal of contaminated soil and remaining floating product and the restoration of affected wetlands on Tennent Road in Marlboro Township. EPA plans to conduct a public information session in late November 2009 to inform the area residents in Marlboro of the details of remedial activities. A formal announcement of the date and location of the session will follow.
The work which work which will begin shortly is for cleanup of contaminated soils at the Imperial Oil/Champion Chemical Superfund Site, referred to as Operable Unit 3 (OU3). A Record of Decision for OU3 was issued in September 1999. The OU3 remedy calls for the excavation and off-site disposal of contaminated soil, removal and off-site incineration of floating product, dismantling of site buildings and tank farms, as necessary to complete excavation of contaminated soil and removal of floating product, and restoration of wetlands affected by cleanup activities. Consistent with the OU3 remedy, EPA dismantled an on-site abandoned masonry building which was in danger of collapse during the fall of 2000. From 1999 through 2005, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) conducted design work for OU3, including the performance of pre-design surface and subsurface soil sampling events.
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