The following is a list of Superfund sites in New Jersey designated as such under the
(
CERCLA
Superfund is a United States federal environmental remediation program established by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA). The program is administered by the Environmental Protection Agency ...
).
Background
For decades, it was standard practice to dump waste on the ground, in rivers or to leave it out in the open. As a result, thousands of uncontrolled or abandoned contaminated sites were created. Some common contaminated sites include abandoned warehouses, manufacturing facilities, processing plants and
landfills. In response to growing concern over health and environmental risks posed by these contaminated sites, the
96th Congress
The 96th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 197 ...
established the
Superfund program in 1980 to clean up these sites.
The Superfund program is administered by the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an Independent agencies of the United States government, independent executive agency of the United States federal government tasked with environmental protection matters. President Richard Nixon pro ...
(EPA) in cooperation with individual states. In
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
, the
Department of Environmental Protection
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's (NJDEP) Site Remediation Program oversees the Superfund program.
, there are 105 Superfund sites listed on the
National Priorities List (NPL). Thirty-six additional sites have been cleaned up and deleted from the list.
National Priorities List
Sites currently listed on the NPL:
Proposed Sites
Sites Proposed for Addition to the NPL:
Deleted Sites
Sites deleted from the NPL:
See also
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Brook Industrial Park Superfund Site
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List of Superfund sites in the United States
Superfund sites are polluted locations in the United States requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. They were designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CER ...
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List of environmental issues
This is an alphabetical list of environmental issues, harmful aspects of human activity on the biophysical environment. They are loosely divided into causes, effects and mitigation, noting that effects are interconnected and can cause new effects. ...
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List of waste types
Waste comes in many different forms and may be categorized in a variety of ways. The types listed here are not necessarily exclusive and there may be considerable overlap so that one waste entity may fall into one to many types.
* Agricultural ...
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TOXMAP
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References
External links
EPA list of proposed Superfund sites in New JerseyNJ National Priorities List
* ttp://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/query/queryhtm/nplpdel.htm#NJ EPA list of partially deleted Superfund sites in New Jerseybr>EPA list of deleted Superfund sites in New Jersey
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New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
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