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EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan to Address Newly Discovered Contamination at the
Matlack Inc. Superfund Site in NJ
NEW YORK (July 8, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has
finalized the update to its original cleanup plan for the Matlack, Inc.
Superfund site in Woolwich Township, New Jersey. The update to the plan will
address a newly discovered source of contamination at the site and will ensure
a comprehensive and effective cleanup.
“Following the public meeting and hearing directly from the community, EPA
has finalized its cleanup decision for the Matlack, Inc. Superfund site,”
said Regional Administrator Lisa F. Garcia. “This updated plan will address
an additional source of contamination found at the site and will bring us
closer to being able to complete the cleanup.”
As a result of past truck maintenance and tanker washing operations at the
site, as well as on-site disposal of drums, the soil, sediment, surface water
and groundwater are contaminated with volatile and semi-volatile organic
compounds, which can potentially harm people’s health.
EPA’s finalized plan for cleaning up the drum disposal area involves a
technology called in-situ thermal treatment. In situ (or in place) thermal
treatment methods remove harmful chemicals in soil and groundwater using heat.
The chemicals move through soil and groundwater toward wells, where they are
collected and piped to the ground surface to be treated using other cleanup
methods. Some chemicals are destroyed underground during the heating process.
This method is separate from and in addition to EPA’s original 2017 cleanup
plan.
On March 29, 2023, EPA proposed this cleanup plan to the public and held a
virtual public meeting on April 12, 2023, to explain the plan and take
comments. The Record of Decision Amendment released today addresses the
comments received and formalizes EPA’s selected cleanup plan for the drum
disposal area.
Visit the Matlack, Inc. Superfund site profile page for additional
background and site documents.