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SRP Publications Annual Reports 1999

III. Progress at Contaminated Sites

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The Site Remediation Program maintains a Comprehensive Site List (CSL) database that contains more than 39,000 sites in New Jersey as of December 31, 1999. For general reporting purposes, the Site Remediation Program identifies sites on the CSL from three primary categories: No Further Action (NFA) sites, Assigned to Program sites and Awaiting Assignment sites that total 33,654. Figure 4 compares the CSL status as of December 31, 1999 (the latest data available for reporting purposes) with the status as of June 30, 1998.

The Site Remediation Program issued 2,341 NFA designations during State Fiscal Year 1999 and 1,320 in the first six months of State Fiscal Year 2000. NFA sites do not require remedial activities to be conducted at this time and now total 21,151 sites representing 63 percent of the CSL universe. A NFA designation is given when all remedial activities that were necessary to address any environmental concerns have been completed. A NFA designation also may be given where it is determined that regulatory requirements have been satisfied, including sites where no contamination was found above applicable criteria. As of December 31, 1999, the Site Remediation Program was tracking 320 sites with No Further Action designations that also have deed notices documenting the required engineering and institutional controls which are part of the sites' permanent remedies.

Assigned to Program sites have remedial measures underway that may include a preliminary assessment, investigation, cleanup work or long-term operations and maintenance actions. The majority of these 10,757 sites (as of December 31, 1999) are known contaminated sites, while a small percentage are sites that have suspected contamination or are under review to ensure no contamination is present to address liability concerns. Assigned to Program sites represent 32 percent of the CSL universe.

Comprehensive Site List Status pie charts

Figure 4

Sites Awaiting Assignment are known contaminated sites that require further remedial activities and will be assigned an active status when a private party agrees to conduct any required work or if the site becomes a priority for publicly funded action by the Department. This category of 1,746 sites (as of December 31, 1999) represents the smallest component of the CSL universe, about five percent.

The known contaminated site universe is comprised of a majority of the Assigned to Program sites and all Awaiting Assignment sites. This list will be made available again in September 2000.


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