Syncon Resins
77 Jacobus Avenue
Kearny Town, Hudson County
PI #: 019804
BLOCK: 289 LOTS: 12, 13, 13R
Community Relations Coordinator: Heather Swartz (609) 984-7135
SITE DESCRIPTION/RESOLUTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS:As
of 28 June 2004
Syncon Resins manufactured paint, varnish and resins at this site until
1982. It is located in a coastal management area and borders the Passaic
River. The facility consisted of 13 buildings, numerous large storage
vessels and tanks and two unlined wastewater lagoons. At the time operations
ceased, approximately 13,000 55-gallon drums of various chemicals were
being stored at the site, most of which were in poor condition and leaking.
USEPA added the Syncon Resins facility to the National Priorities List
of Superfund sites (NPL) in 1983. The following year NJDEP implemented
an Interim Remedial Measure (IRM) to remove and dispose of all of the
drums. Between 1984 and 1986, NJDEP conducted a Remedial Investigation
and Feasibility Study (RI/FS) that revealed extensive contamination in
the soil, ground water and building, and large volumes of liquid and solid
chemical wastes in the various storage vessels and tanks at the site.
USEPA issued a Record of Decision (ROD) with NJDEP concurrence in 1986
that required the following remedial actions: 1) removal of the lagoon
liquids and sediments and the contents of the storage vessels and tanks;
2) excavation and disposal of the grossly contaminated soil and decontamination
of the buildings and other site structures; 3) installation of an on-site
remediation system to extract and treat the contaminated ground water;
and 4) treatment of residual soil contamination by soil flushing. In 1989,
NJDEP conducted a second IRM to remove thousands of small containers of
chemicals from the on-site laboratory and initiated the remedial actions
specified in the ROD. By 1992, NJDEP had removed the lagoon liquids and
other wastes from the site, decontaminated the buildings and tanks, excavated
and removed the grossly contaminated soil and completed construction of
a soil flushing/ground water treatment system. These actions were subsequently
designated Operable Unit 1 (OU1).
While operation of the soil flushing/ground water treatment system was
underway, NJDEP conducted supplemental studies that revealed highly contaminated
soil and ground water at the southwestern portion of the plant were not
being adequately addressed by the existing system. In 2000, USEPA issued
a ROD for the southwestern portion of the site, which was designated OU2.
The ROD requires excavation of approximately 30,000 cubic yards of heavily
contaminated soil from a 2.5 acre area, followed by treatment and disposal
of drained free product from the soil, improvement of the subsurface drainage
at the southwestern portion of the site, and backfilling the excavation
with the drained soil after nutrients have been added to enhance biodegradation
of the residual organic contaminants. These actions are expected to significantly
improve the effectiveness of the soil flushing/ground water treatment
system and expedite cleanup of the site. The ROD also requires establishment
of a Deed Notice or other institutional controls to ensure that the property
is used for industrial or commercial purposes only. NJDEP plans to begin
the Remedial Design for the OU2 remedial action in 2003.
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