Martin Aaron Incorporated
1542 South Broadway
Camden City, Camden County
PI# 025488
BLOCK: 637 LOT: 1
Community Relations Coordinator: Lynette Lurig (609) 633-1314
SITE DESCRIPTION/RESOLUTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS:
As of March 2009
Martin Aaron, Inc. site is located in a densely populated section of
Camden City. Several companies operated drum recycling businesses at the
property for approximately 30 years, ending in the late 1990s. A site
inspection by the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety in 1987
revealed hundreds of improperly stored drums of hazardous wastes, evidence
of buried drums and soil contamination. State authorities served the owner
and operator of the facility with a notice of civil penalty and directed
them to perform a remedial investigation to determine the extent of the
contamination at the site. However, the owner/operators failed to respond
to the directive and eventually abandoned the facility and filed for bankruptcy.
Rhodes Drum, Inc., a separate drum recycling facility, continued to operate
on a small portion of the site until 1999. Between 1995 and 1997, NJDEP’s
Remedial Response Element implemented two Interim Remedial Measures (IRM)
to address the drums and other surface materials. Approximately 700 drums
of chemical wastes, 10,000 empty drums and 33 dumpsters of mixed waste
were removed during the IRMs. The City of Camden subsequently demolished
and disposed of the building. NJDEP implemented a third IRM in 1999 to
remove five underground storage tanks and almost 900 tons of contaminated
soil from the property. In 1999, USEPA added the Martin Aaron facility
to the National Priorities List of Superfund sites (NPL). NJDEP completed
a Remedial Investigation (RI) in 2000 that revealed the soil and ground
water at the site is highly contaminated with organic compounds and metals.
USEPA assumed the lead for the site in 2000 and is conducting supplementary
RI work, which will be followed by a Feasibility Study (FS). USEPA will
use the findings of the RI/FS to select the final remedial actions to
address soil and ground water, which will be outlined in one or more Records
of Decision (ROD) for the site.
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