Hope Auto Care
Route 611
Hope Township, Warren County
Preferred ID (PI#): 011119
BLOCK: 100 LOT: 2600
Community Relations Coordinator: Heather Swartz (609) 984-7135
SITE DESCRIPTION/RESOLUTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS:
As
of 28 June 2004
The Hope Auto Care site is located in a rural area where residents rely
on private wells for potable water supplies. Formerly a gasoline service
station, the site currently operates as an automotive repair facility.
While the facility was a service station, several underground tanks were
used for the storage of gasoline, kerosene and waste oil. In 1989, the
property owner excavated two leaking underground storage tanks that had
contaminated the soil and ground water. Approximately 90 tons of petroleum
hydrocarbon-contaminated soil were removed along with the tanks but some
contaminated soil was left in place. Gasoline related volatile organic
compounds were detected in two nearby private potable wells and the Hope
Auto Care facility was identified as a Potentially Responsible Party for
the contamination.
In 1990, NJDEP’s Remedial Response Element installed Point-of-Entry Treatment
(POET) systems on the contaminated private potable wells, began a long-term
potable well sampling program to protect other residents with private
wells in the area, and installed a remediation system to extract and treat
the contaminated ground water at the site. NJDEP subsequently installed
a soil vapor recovery extraction (SVE) system at the site to address the
residually-contaminated subsurface soil, excavated the two remaining underground
storage tanks and 150 additional tons of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated
soil. NJDEP shut down the ground water remediation system in 1996 after
sampling of on-site monitor wells showed that the contaminant levels in
the ground water were below New Jersey Drinking Water Standards. However,
subsequent sampling indicated that the contaminant levels had increased
to slightly above ground water quality criteria. NJDEP restarted the ground
water treatment system in 1999 and will continue to operate the system
until ground water quality criteria are achieved.
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