Electronic Parts Specialty Company
Coles Avenue
Lumberton Township, Burlington County
Preferred ID (PI#): 014499
BLOCK: 17.01 LOT: 2
BLOCK: 18.01 LOT: 2
BLOCK: 19.55 LOT: 4
BLOCK: 19.55 LOT: 5.02
Community Relations Coordinator: Heather Swartz (609) 984-7135
SITE DESCRIPTION/RESOLUTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS:
As
of 28 June 2004
Electronic Parts Specialty Company (EPSCO) plates metal components for
the electronics industry. Primary operations have historically included
caustic zinc plating, electroplating, bondarizing and anodizing. For approximately
40 years, the facility discharged plating waste water directly into an
unlined lagoon at the rear of the property. NJDEP ordered EPSCO to discontinue
the discharge in 1985. EPSCO fenced the lagoon in 1990 in response to
a NJDEP directive. Between 1993 and 1997, NJDEP's Remedial Response Element
conducted a Remedial Investigation/Remedial Alternative Selection (RI/RAS)
to delineate the contamination at the site and evaluate cleanup alternatives.
The RI/RAS revealed contaminated soil was present in the lagoon, the lagoon
overflow area, beneath the metals plating building and other areas. The
RI/RAS also revealed that a plume of contaminated ground water has migrated
off site and was impacting Bobby's Run Creek, located several hundred
yards south of the EPSCO facility. A survey of nearby properties conducted
during the RI/RAS revealed there were no potable or irrigation wells at
risk of becoming contaminated due to the ground water plume. In 1998,
NJDEP issued a Decision Document that specified two remedial actions for
the site: 1) excavation and off-site disposal of the highly contaminated
soil "hot spots" from beneath the plating building, discharge lines and
lagoon area, and installation of a cap over the areas with lower levels
of contamination; and 2) installation of a ground water remediation system
to extract and treat the contaminated ground water in the shallow aquifer.
Between 1999 and 2000, NJDEP demolished the plating building and concrete
foundation, excavated approximately 1,800 tons of highly contaminated
soil from the former location of the plating building, discharge line
area and lagoons, and delineated volatile organic contamination in the
subsurface soil. The Remedial Design for the cap and the ground water
treatment system is underway. NJDEP is conducting additional soil sampling
as part of the Remedial Design.
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