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Community Relations Community Relations Site List Montgomery Township Housing Development
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Montgomery Township Housing Development
Robin Drive, Route 206 & Sycamore Lane
Montgomery Township, Somerset County
PI #: G000004872
BLOCK: 29002 LOT: 22 through 36
Community Relations Coordinator: Mindy Mumford (609) 777-1976
SITE DESCRIPTION/RESOLUTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS:
As
of 28 June 2004
This site consists of approximately 77 private homes that were originally
serviced by private potable wells. In 1978, trichloroethylene (TCE) contamination
was found in the nearby Rocky Hill Municipal Well. The following year,
private potable wells in the housing development were sampled and also
found to have elevated levels of TCE. The source of the TCE contamination
is believed to be a research facility on Route 518 in Montgomery Township.
USEPA placed the Montgomery Township Housing Development on the National
Priorities List of Superfund sites in 1983. A Remedial Investigation and
Feasibility Study (RI/FS) was initiated in 1986 to investigate this site
along with the possibly related contamination at the Rocky Hill Municipal
Well Superfund site. During the RI/FS, two Operable Units (OU) were established
for the site: provision of a public water supply for the residents (OU1)
and remediation of the contaminated ground water (OU2). In 1987, USEPA
signed a Record of Decision (ROD) with NJDEP concurrence for OU1 that
required the extension of public water lines into the Montgomery Township
Housing Development. The majority of the residents had their homes connected
to the water line between 1981 and 1990, but six residents chose not to
connect. In 1988, after the RI/FS was completed, USEPA issued a ROD with
NJDEP concurrence for OU2 that required installation of a remediation
system to extract and treat the contaminated ground water. The Remedial
Design for the ground water remediation system was started in 1991 but
subsequently suspended due to an imminent settlement between USEPA and
the Potentially Responsible Parties. However, the negotiations were not
successful and USEPA resumed work on the Remedial Design in 1999. USEPA
and NJDEP reached a tentative financial settlement with the Potentially
Responsible Parties for the site in 2002. USEPA expects to complete the
Remedial Design for the ground water remediation system in 2003 and begin
construction of the system later in the year. |
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