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EPA Issues Final Update on Cleanup Plan for Woodbrook Road Dump Superfund Site
in New Jersey
NEW YORK (June 18, 2024) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has
issued the final Explanation of Significant Differences that explains changes
to the cleanup plan to address contaminated soil and debris at the Woodbrook
Road Dump Superfund site in South Plainfield, New Jersey.
“Today, we are announcing our update to the cleanup plan for the Woodbrook
Road Dump site, which confirms our original plan to remove the contaminated
soil to an approved off-site disposal facility,” said EPA Regional
Administrator Lisa F. Garcia. “This plan will protect the health and
environment of the people and wildlife living near the site, which is now part
of the Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preserve.”
The update to the final cleanup plan being announced today documents that the
estimated cost of the original cleanup rose from $45.4 million in 2018 to $70
million in 2023 due in part to inflation and increased disposal costs. In
addition, EPA updated the cleanup goal to 1.1 parts per million (ppm) for the
polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) concentrations in the soil and debris at the
site. The cleanup plan update also recognizes that in 2021, New Jersey created
the Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preserve which includes the Woodbrook Road
Dump site.
EPA’s cleanup plan for the site was originally documented in a 2013 Record
of Decision and modified in a 2018 Explanation of Significant Differences.
In 2020, then-Administrator Andrew Wheeler asked EPA Region 2 to review the
selected cleanup plan for the site. The results of EPA’s review, carried out
in coordination with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection,
confirmed that the 2013 selected cleanup plan remains the best option, but the
costs had increased due to inflation and increased disposal costs.
The final cleanup plan includes:
Removing an estimated 4,000 cubic yards of soil and debris that contains
capacitors, capacitor parts and PCB-contaminated soil and debris with PCB
concentrations greater than 100 ppm for disposal at an approved off-site
disposal facility.
Removing an estimated 143,000 cubic yards of soil and debris that contains
PCBs at concentrations greater than 1.1 ppm for disposal at an approved
off-site disposal facility.
Establishing restrictions to prevent a change in land use, such as residential
development.
For additional background and to see the final Explanation of Significant
Differences, as well as EPA’s responses to the public comments that were
received on the proposed Explanation of Significant Differences, visit
the Woodbrook Road Dump Superfund site profile page.
Follow EPA Region 2 on Twitter and visit our Facebook page. For more
information about EPA Region 2, visit our website.
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