Choma’s Amoco Service Station
45 Monroe Street
Garfield City, Bergen County
PI #: 024762
Community Relations Coordinator: Heather Swartz (609) 984-7135
SITE DESCRIPTION/RESOLUTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS:
As
of 30 March 2005
This site consists of a former gasoline service station located at 45
Monroe Street and a nearby vacant 13-unit apartment building located at
44 Grand Street. In March 1993 local fire officials evacuated the apartment
building after heavy gasoline odors were detected in the basement. NJDEP
installed a ventilation system at the building to reduce the possibilities
of fire and explosion and installed a soil vapor extraction system to
remove gasoline contamination from the soil adjacent to the building;
however, the building was kept unoccupied as a safety precaution.
Based on a preliminary investigation of the area, NJDEP determined that
a leaking underground storage tank had contaminated the subsurface soil
and ground water at the Choma’s Amoco Service Station, and that
gasoline from the site had migrated to the apartment building, which was
located downgradient of the service station. The service station owners
removed the leaking tank in August 1993 but did not address the contaminated
soil. Subsequent sampling of the soil and ground water showed high levels
of gasoline-related compounds. In 1995 the service station owners informed
NJDEP that they were unable to conduct any additional investigative or
cleanup work at their site. The service station owners subsequently removed
all of the remaining underground storage tanks and converted the property
into an auto repair facility.
In 1999 BP-Amoco, a former gasoline supplier for Choma’s Amoco,
entered into an Administrative Consent Order (ACO) with NJDEP in which
it agreed to investigate the site and take appropriate remedial actions.
In addition, BP-Amoco purchased the apartment building, which remains
vacant. BP-Amoco is currently conducting a Remedial Investigation/Remedial
Action Selection (RI/RAS) to delineate the gasoline-contamination in the
soil and ground water and evaluate remedial alternatives. As part of the
RI/RAS, BP-Amoco is also testing indoor air at several neighboring residential
and commercial properties for gasoline vapors. NJDEP expects BP-Amoco
to complete the RI/RAS and submit proposals to address the soil and ground
water contamination at on-site and off-site properties in early 2005.
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