• PRICE LANDFILL, ATLANTIC County, NJ

Stage of Clean-up: Construction Underway

Conditions at listing (October 1981): Price Landfill is a 26-acre inactive landfill located in Pleasantville, New Jersey. While in operation (1969-1976), it accepted industrial wastes containing BENZENE, CHLOROFORM, and TRICHLOROETHYLENE, septic tank and sewer wastes, sludges, grease, and OIL. Some liquid wastes were poured directly into the landfill, while others were buried in 55-gallon drums. Leachate is noticeable at various locations on the site, as well as chemical odors and organic vapors. Because their wells are contaminated, residents of about 35 homes now use bottled water. The well field supplying drinking water to Atlantic City, 1 mile downgradient of the site, is threatened by the plume of contaminated ground water. This is the top priority site in New Jersey. Status (July 1983): EPA started a number of activities at the site in 1982. During the summer, measures were taken to provide emergency back-up water supplies for Atlantic City. The measures involved arranging for new sources and treating existing sources to ENSURE their quality.  More...

Sources of Contamination:

• Landfill

Groundwater is contaminated with HEAVY METALS including LEAD and CADMIUM, and the VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS) BENZENE, CHLOROFORM, VINYL CHLORIDE, and METHYLENE CHLORIDE. Potential health risks may exist for individuals accidentally drinking or coming in direct contact with contaminated groundwater. Also, groundwater contamination may threaten Absecon Creek and other nearby creeks.

Contaminants Detected
	Ground Water	Surface Water	Air	Soil	Other
1,2-DICHLOROETHANE	X
1,2-TRANS-DICHLOROETHYLENE	X
ARSENIC	X	X
BENZENE					X
CHLOROFORM	X	X
DICHLOROETHYLENES	X
LEAD	X	X	X
VINYL CHLORIDE	X		X
VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS			X

Groundwater and Drinking Water
Were drinking water wells shut down due to contamination?	Yes
Population served by the wells now shut down:	No data
Are drinking water wells potentially threatened?	Yes
Population served by the threatened wells:	No data
Aquifer discharges into:	Surface water
Population served by water wells in the aquifer:	10,001 - 100,000

List ground water uses.

EPA Hazard Ranking System scores for PRICE LANDFILL:

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Overall site:

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Rank Superfund sites in the U.S., NEW JERSEY, or in ATLANTIC County by EPA Hazard Ranking Scores.

*Note: EPA's Hazard Ranking System is designed to screen and prioritize sites for the Superfund program, based on limited data available at time of listing. These scores are not based on a comprehensive risk assessment of the site and do not reflect conditions after initiation of cleanup work.

Number of PRPs currently associated with this site:	0
Hazardous waste received from off-site generators/transporters?	Yes
Number of owners/operators which are also municipalities:	0

EPA Site Information

• NPL Fact Sheet
• Government Accounting Office (GAO) assessment
• Record of Decision (ROD) Abstracts
• NPL Site 5 Year Reviews
• Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS) Hazardous Waste Site Information
• Superfund Hazardous Waste Site Advanced Query Form

Scorecard reports for ATLANTIC County on:

• Potential Sources of Land Contamination
• Criteria Air Pollutants
• Hazardous Air Pollutants