• LONE PINE LANDFILL, MONMOUTH County, NJ

Stage of Clean-up: Construction Completed

Conditions at listing (October 1981): Lone Pine Landfill in Freehold Township, Monmouth county, New Jersey, operated from 1959 to 1979, when it was closed by the State. Leachate from the 80-acre site flows into the Manasquan River. Allegedly, 50,000 drums of chemical wastes, as well as free-flowing liquid wastes, were dumped at the site. Excavation of limited areas of the landfill in September 1981 confirmed the presence of drums. A number contain organic chemicals. BENZENE, TOLUENE, VINYL CHLORIDE, LEAD, and ZINC have been detected in leachate on the site. Downstream, the river has lower levels of the same chemicals. Monitoring wells have found a variety of organic compounds in both the Vincentown Aquifer and the deeper Red Bank Aquifer. Status (July 1983): In July 1982, EPA signed a $330,000 Superfund State Contract with New Jersey for a feasibility study to identify alternatives for remedial action at the site. A draft was released in June 1983. The former general manager of the landfill and a transporter pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the illegal disposal of drummed waste in the landfill.  More...

Sources of Contamination:

• Dumping - unauthorized
• Landfill
• Manufacturing process

Ground water and surface water was contaminated with a variety of organic substances, HEAVY METALS, and pesticides. The site is adjacent to the headwaters of the Manasquan River and a wildlife management area, and is in close proximity to residences with drinking water wells.

Contaminants Detected
	Ground Water	Surface Water	Air	Soil	Other
1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE					X
1,1,2-TRICHLOROETHANE					X
1,2-DIPHENYLHYDRAZINE			X
ALDRIN	X	X
BENZENE	X	X	X
CHLOROBENZENE					X
CHLOROFORM					X
ETHYLBENZENE	X	X
TOLUENE	X	X
TRICHLOROETHANE (ALL ISOMERS)	X
TRICHLOROETHYLENE					X
VINYL CHLORIDE	X
VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS			X

Groundwater and Drinking Water
Were drinking water wells shut down due to contamination?	No
Are drinking water wells potentially threatened?	No
Aquifer discharges into:	Surface water
Population served by water wells in the aquifer:	1 - 24

List ground water uses.

EPA Hazard Ranking System scores for LONE PINE LANDFILL:

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Overall site:

Surface water migration:

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Air migration:

Rank Superfund sites in the U.S., NEW JERSEY, or in MONMOUTH 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:	255
Hazardous waste received from off-site generators/transporters?	Yes
Number of past and present PRPs who contributed less than 1% of the waste:	11 - 50
Number of owners/operators which are also municipalities:	11 - 50
Percent of waste at the site that is municipal solid waste:	26 - 50%

EPA Site Information

• NPL Fact Sheet
• 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 MONMOUTH County on:

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